THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.19277 OF 2009 ORDER: 1 The petitioner is the lessee of Sri Rama Rice Mill, Rajivnagar, Suryapet and he is having valid lcences to carry on milling operations. On 27.08.2009 the third respondent inspected the said rice mill and seized the entire stocks i.e. 1080 quintals of paddy, 110 quintals of BPT variety rice, 100 quintals of BPT rice single polish, 15 quintals of Common variety rice, 10 quintals of broken rice all worth Rs.21,79,500/- on the ground that the petitioner is not having valid licence to carry on milling operations in the said rice mill. On the report given by the third respondent, the first respondent initiated proceedings under Section 6 A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and thereafter he also issued proceedings on 07.09.2009 ordering sale of the stocks seized from the rice mill of the petitioner on 27.08.2009 2 Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, and since the prayer itself is for a direction not to sell the stocks seized during the pendency of the enquiry, this court is of the view that this Writ Petition can be disposed of with a direction to the Collector to complete the said enquiry initiated under Section 6 A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 at the earliest, preferably, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In the meanwhile, the stocks so seized from the rice mill of the petitioner on 27.08.2009 shall not be sold by way of public auction. 3 The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. _________ 10.09.2009 kvsn