HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.13454 of 2011 ORDER: Heard Sri D.Radha Krishna, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents and with their consent, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. The petitioner whose authorization to run the fair price shop has been suspended by the order, dated 23.02.2011, of the first respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam, vide proceedings in Rc.No.356/2011/C, has filed this writ petition seeking to declare the same as illegal. The petitioner was appointed as fair price shop dealer in respect of shop No.28 of Anakapalle Village, Visakhapatnam District. The second respondent- Tahsildar, Anakapalle submitted a report, dated 19.01.2011, in Rc.No.60/2001/A/DT to the first respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam, alleging that the petitioner failed to maintain true and correct accounts and there is shortage in the stock balances. Based on the said report, proceedings have been initiated under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Taking into consideration the said allegations, the first respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam, by means of the impugned order suspended the authorization of the petitioner temporarily. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any irregularity as alleged in the said report of the second respondent and that, even if the allegations are taken as true on the face of it, the violations are trivial in nature, which do not warrant suspension of the authorization of the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies submits that the authorization of the petitioner is suspended pending enquiry and the petitioner can as well raise all his defences to defend his case in the enquiry. I am not inclined to consider the matter on merits since a regular enquiry has to be held in order to find out the correctness of the allegations levelled against the petitioner. The authorization of the petitioner cannot be kept under suspension for a long time and the enquiry initiated against the petitioner requires to be completed within a reasonable time. In the facts and circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to complete the enquiry initiated pursuant to the report, dated 19.01.2011, of the second respondent in Rc.No.60/2001/A/DT as early as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI 30th April 2011 DR