THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.21690 of 2009 DATE:24.11.2009 Between: Ashish ... Petitioner and The Chief Rationing Officer, Secunderabad, and others ... Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.21690 of 2009 ORDER: According to the petitioner, his father by name Gajanand Gulabchand was the dealer of kerosene shop No.3069 of Ramsingpura, Karawan, Hyderabad, and the licence issued by the 3rd respondent under the A.P.Petroleum Products (Licensing and Regulation of Supplies) Order, 1980 is subsisting as on today. While so, all of a sudden his father died on 15.08.2009 leaving behind him the family members in distress condition. Immediately thereafter, he submitted a representation dated 26.08.2009 to the respondents requesting them to continue him in place of his father, as they have no other source of income except the income from the said kerosene shop. But, without considering his representation, the 3rd respondent issued proceedings No.B/149/ASO-III/2009 dated 17.08.2009 tagging on the cards of kerosene shop No.3069 to A.Bhushan Rao, dealer of kerosene Shop No.3006 of Karawan, and directing the said Bhushan Rao to supply the kerosene to the cardholders. The same is questioned in this writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as wel as the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. 3. The only contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that though the petitioner submitted a representation dated 26.08.2009 to the respondents requesting them to appoint him as kerosene shop dealer in place of his father, without considering the same, the 3rd respondent issued the proceedings impugned in this writ petition. 4. In my considered view, a legal representative of the deceased dealer cannot claim, as a matter of right, to appoint him as dealer in place of his deceased father. When a notification is issued by the competent authorities calling for applications for appointment of dealers from eligible candidates and only when the candidates satisfy the requirements, authorisations can be issued in their favour either for fair price shops or for kerosene shops. Therefore, I see no merits in this case. However, as and when a notification is issued by the respondents for appointment of dealer for the kerosene shop on permanent basis, the petitioner also can submit an application, and on submission of such application, the respondents may consider the same sympathetically and pass appropriate orders thereon taking into consideration the fact that his father was the erstwhile dealer for the kerosene shop. 5. With the above observation, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 24th November, 2009 cbs THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.21690 of 2009 (Disposed of) 24th November, 2009 CBS