IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 20277 of 2008 Between: Smt. A. Padmavathi, W/o. Govindaiah, Adivipalem Village, Santhamagulur, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional officer, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 The Tahsildar, Santhamagulur, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to suspend F.P. Shop authorization of the petitioner of Adivipalem Village, Santhumagulur Mandal, Prakasam District not issuing the copy of the stay order passed in Appeal as illegal, unjust opposed to the principles of natural justice and consequently set aside the order of the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Ongole passed in Rc.No. 1876/G/2008, dt. 19- 7-2008 by issue of Writ of mandamus or any other writ order or direction as this Hon'ble Court deems just and necessary.l Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.I.GOPAL REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI W.P.NO.20277 OF 2008 ORDER The petitioner herein is the authorized dealer of fair price shop of Adivipalem Village, Santhamaguluru Mandal, Prakasam District. The authorization of the petitioner was suspended by the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Ongole by an order dated.19-07-2008. On the very same day a show-cause notice was also served on the petitioner calling upon her to submit her explanation as to why the authorization should not be cancelled for the alleged irregularities speciﬁed therein. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the 1st respondent-Joint Collector, Ongole along with an application for stay. The petitioner states that her Appeal was entertained by the then in charge Joint Collector and the arguments of her counsel were heard on 16-08-2008. According to the petitioner on 16.08.2008 the in charge Joint Collector granted stay of the impugned order dated.19-07-2008. However, a copy of the said order has not been furnished to the petitioner in spite of the repeated requests made by the petitioner’s counsel. Hence the present writ petition seeking a declaration that the order of the 2nd respondent dated.19-07-2008 is arbitrary and illegal. Though no counter-aﬃdavit is ﬁled, the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies placed before this Court the original record relating to the appeal preferred by the petitioner. A perusal of the said record shows that the matter was heard on 16-08-2008 by the 1st respondent and while observing that since the allegations were grave in nature, the request for stay cannot be considered, the case was reserved for judgment. Subsequently, the appeal was again heard on 20-10-2008 and orders were reserved. Thereafter the ﬁnal orders were passed on 31-10-2008 disposing of the appeal with a direction to the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer to ﬁnalize the disciplinary proceedings within a period of one(1) month and the said order was also communicated to the petitioner. Having regard to the facts noticed from the original record since it is clear that the statutory appeal against the impugned order dated.19-07-2008 was disposed of on merits, no further enquiry is necessary in this writ petition. Accordingly granting leave and liberty to the petitioner to work out the appropriate remedy as available under law if she is aggrieved by the order dated.31-10-2008, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________ G.ROHINI,J 6th November,2008 *TSNR