IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12211 of 2009 Between: P. Chandra Sekhar Naidu, S/o. Rangappa, Beluguppa Mandal, Dharmavaram, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Collector, Ananthapur, Ananthapur District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, Ananthapur District. 4 The Tahsildar, Beluguppa Mandal, Dharmavaram, Ananthapur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.KAMLAKAR Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for issuance of a mandamus to set aside proceedings, dated 01.06.2009 of respondent No.3 whereby he cancelled the fair price shop authorization of the petitioner. At the hearing, Sri P.Kamalakar, learned counsel for the petitioner raised several contentions on merits including the one relating to violation of principles of natural justice. The admitted fact is that the petitioner failed to submit his explanation to show cause notice, dated 21.11.2008 issued by respondent No.3. Therefore, it cannot be said that respondent No.3 committed violation of principles of natural justice in issuing the impugned proceedings. With regard to the other contentions on merits, since the petitioner has an effective alternative remedy of appeal before respondent No.2, I have not felt inclined to deal with the same. As the petitioner failed to make out a case of violation of principles of natural justice, there is no reason for the petitioner to bypass the remedy of appeal, which is undoubtedly an efficacious one. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before respondent No.2 against the impugned proceedings. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.15763 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 23rd JUNE, 2009. kvni