THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2090 of 2008 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned the notification, dated 28-01-2008, issued by the Revenue Divisional officer, Kakinada, inviting applications to fill up the vacancy of a dealer for the newly created fair price shop No.23-A. It is the case of the petitioner that he is a dealer of shop No.24 of Koorada village, Karapa Mandal, East Godavari District, for the last 28 years. There were only 221 cards attached to his shop, which are less than the minimum cards prescribed by the Government from time to time and shop Nos.22 and 23 are holding more than required number of cards. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have illegally created one more shop No.23-A in Koorada Village and notified the same. It is his case that the said action on the part of the respondents is in violation of instructions issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.35, dated 17-09-2007. The 3rd respondent has filed counter affidavit on behalf of the respondents. While referring to the instruction issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.35, dated 17-09-2007, it is stated that in terms of instructions only, shop Nos.22 and 23 of Koorada Gram Panchayat were bifurcated into three shops by attaching about 351 cards to the newly created shop No.23-A. It is further stated that the petitioner is a dealer of shop No.24 situated at Chinamamidada village, which is about one and half kilometre from Koorada village, and if the said 351 cards are attached to shop No.24, the people of Koorada village will have to go to one and half kilometre for taking essential commodities and the consumers will face several difficulties. While it is true that certain guidelines are issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.35, dated 17-09-2007, with regard to the number of cards to be attached for the fair price shop in rural areas, urban areas and Corporations, but that number alone may not be the single criteria for the purpose of rationalisation. It is fairly stated in the counter that as per the orders issued by the Government, the excess cards, which are attached to shop Nos.22 and 23, are taken out and a new shop is created, keeping in mind the convenience of the consumers. When it is stated that though the petitioner has questioned the notification inviting applications to fill up the vacancy of dealer for the newly created shop No.23-A, it has to be noticed that the shop of the petitioner is about one and half kilometre from the newly created shop of 23-A. For the aforesaid reasons, I do not find any illegality in the impugned Notification inviting applications to fill up the vacancy of ;dealer for newly created shop of Karapa gram panchayat. Further, it is also to be noticed that the writ petition was filed in the year 2008 and the appointment almost has been completed by this time, in the absence of any interim order. In view of the reasons stated above, I do not find any merit in the writ petition to invalidate the notification issued by the Revenue Divisional officer, Kakinada. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 18-08-2011 Prv