IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 17829 of 2007 Between: P.Chandra Sekhara Naidu S/o.P.Rangappa Venkatadripalli village, Belguppa Mandal Ananthapur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Tahsildar, Belguppa, Ananthapur District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram Ananthapur 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 issue a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writs order or direction declaring the action of the respondents in not supplying essential commodities to the petitioner for the month of August 2007 in the absence of any valid proceedings to that eﬀect as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of principles of natural justice and to consequently direct the respondents to continue to supply the essential commodities to the petitioner from the month of August 2007 onwards for the purpose of distributing the same to the card holders of Venkatadripalli village, Belguppa Mandal, Ananthapur District Awards costs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.RANGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 17829 of 2007 O R D E R: The petitioner herein claims to be the authorized dealer of the fair price shop No.1 of Venkatadripalli Village, Belguppa Mandal, Anathapur District. This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the alleged action of the respondents in not supplying essential commodities to the petitioner for the Month of August, 2007 is arbitrary and illegal. This Court, by order dated 22-08-2007 in W.P.M.P.No.22855 of 2007, directed the respondents to release the essential commodities to the petitioner for distribution to the cardholders provided the petitioner is holding a valid licence as on that date. A counter aﬃdavit has been ﬁled by the ﬁrst respondent stating that a show cause notice was issued to the petitioner calling for explanation on the allegations of variation in the essential commodities and further proceedings are pending. However, no orders have been issued to stop supply of essential commodities to the petitioner and the petitioner has not been prevented to lift the stocks at any time since his authorization is subsisting. Having regard to the stand taken by the respondents in the counter aﬃdavit, no further enquiry is necessary and accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to continue to release the essential commodities to the petitioner for distribution to the cardholders as long as the authorization in his favour is subsisting. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 08-09-2008 KLP