IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 10682 of 2008 Between: M/s. Vijayalakshmi Trading Company, Vinukonda, Guntur District, Rep. by its Proprietor, Reddi Prasada Rao, S/o. Kotaiah, Age 44 Years. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Guntur District at Guntur. 2 The Tahsildar, Vinukonda Mandal, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the seizure of Qtls 1381.74 kgs. of red gram and 200 qtls. of green gram stored in SWC Godown, Narsaraopet as arbitrary and illegal. At the hearing, Sri Vijay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, admitted that consequent on seizure of the above mentioned stock, proceedings under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) are pending before the first respondent and on 29-04-2008, the petitioner filed an application for release of the seized stock. He submitted that the said application has not been disposed of so far. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, I am of the view that since proceedings under Section 6A of the Act are pending before the first respondent, it is not appropriate for this Court to pronounce upon the validity or otherwise of the seizure. Since the petitioner’s application for release of the seized stock is stated to have been pending before the first respondent, he is directed to dispose of the same, if not already done. Pending disposal of the said application, the first respondent shall not order for sale of the seized stock. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.13955 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dt:07.05.2008 Usd