THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 15664 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to direct the inaction of 2nd respondent in staying the operation of the proceedings dated 21.06.2009 issued by 3rd respondent in Roc.No.B/1205/2009 in Statutory Appeal No.ROC.565 of 2009 filed by him, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently, to direct the 2nd respondent to dispose of the said appeal, as expeditiously as possible. 2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that on 12.06.2009 the Inspector of Police, Vigilance & Enforcement Office, Tirupati, along with the Assistant Revenue Inspector, Ramachandrapuram, has inspected the fair price shop of the petitioner, and having seized the registers and the stock, submitted a report to the Additional Superintendent of Police, Regional Vigilance & Enforcement Officer, Tirupati, Chittoor District – 5th respondent alleging that the petitioner committed certain irregularities in discharging his duties, who in turn, reported about the inspection to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Chittoor Revenue Division, Chittoor District – 3rd respondent, by proceedings in Roc.C.No.476/(7)/Dev/CS/TPT/09, dated 15.06.2009. Basing on the report of the 5th respondent, the 3rd respondent has issued proceedings in Roc.No.B/1205/2009, dated 21.06.2009, suspending the dealership of the petitioner. Subsequently, the 1st respondent has issued proceedings No.D1/489/09, dated 17.07.2009, directing the Tahsildar, Ramachandrapuram Mandal – 4th respondent to dispose off the seized stock under public distribution system through an adjacent fair price shop dealer and remit the sale proceeds to the Government. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was appointed as a fair price shop dealer of C.Ramapuram village, Ramachandrapuram Mandalam, Chittoor District in the year 2008 and since then he has been running the fair price shop duly maintaining the registers/records that are prescribed from time to time by the respondents, that he never contravened the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Schedule Commodities (Regulation of Distribution by Card System) orders or violated any of the conditions of the authorization granted to him, relating to foodstuffs, sugar or edible oils, that with the permission of the 4th respondent, the petitioner shifted his fair price shop to his brother’s house to avoid inconvenience to the card holders and to distribute the essential commodities to them uninterruptedly, as he is effecting repairs to his own house, that the Inspector of Police, Vigilance & Enforcement Office, Tirupati, without weighing the essential commodities and without verifying the relevant records, simply seized the stock and taken away the stock register from the petitioner, and sent an erroneous report to the 5th respondent which has eventually resulted in suspension of the licence of the petitioner, and that the petitioner filed a Statutory Appeal No.Roc.No.565 of 2009 before the Joint Collector, Chittoor District – 2nd respondent on 15.07.2009, along with an application seeking stay of operation of the said order, but the 2nd respondent neither numbered the appeal nor heard the matter so far, and, therefore, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. The learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies opposed the same. 4. Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of, at the stage of admission, giving some directions to the 2nd respondent. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of, directing the Joint Collector, Chittoor District – 2nd respondent to number the Statutory Appeal filed by the petitioner, hear the stay petition filed therein, and pass appropriate orders in the stay petition, within a period of ten (10) days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The 2nd respondent is also directed not to sell the seized stock, till the stay petition in the said appeal is decided. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 3rd August, 2009. CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.15664 of 2009 3rd August, 2009 CBS