IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 14227 of 2008 Between: Chandrappagari Adivappa S/o. Chandrappa, Hindu R/o. Chaparlapalli Village, H/o. Nanur, Madakasira Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Penukonda Division, Anantapur District. 2 The Tahsildar, Madakasira Mandal, Anantapur 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 order or direction more particularly a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to return the Ration Card bearing No. WAP 125903200114 of the petitioner along with PDS Rice and Kerosene Coupens and see that the petitioner's family is issued with the PDS Rice and Kerosene and other items for which entitled basing on the said Ration Card from March, 2008 onwards. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.P.ACHARYA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 14227 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioner claims that he was issued ration card bearing No.WAP 125903200114 along with PDS Rice and kerosene coupons on 29-09-2006. He states that since then he has been receiving the rice and kerosene. It is alleged that in the month of February, 2008, when he went to fair price shop No.32 for purchasing the rice, he was informed that his card was cancelled. When the petitioner went to the oﬃce of the second respondent, the petitioner’s ration card and coupons were taken for veriﬁcation and the same were retained in the oﬃce in spite of repeated requests made by the petitioner. The petitioner got issued a legal notice dated 25-03-2008 and since there was no response, the present writ petition is ﬁled seeking a direction to the respondents to return the ration card No. WAP 125903200114 to him so as to enable him to collect the PDS rice and kerosene. In the counter aﬃdavit ﬁeld by the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, the plea of the petitioner that he was issued ration card No. WAP 125903200114 has been denied in toto and it is stated that the petitioner has not taken ration card, which was issued under the IRIS technology and the old cards which were issued to him are not in existence. However, the petitioner in his reply aﬃdavit disputed the said version and said that even after issuance of the ration cards adopting the IRIS technology, the petitioner was issued a fresh ration card. All these disputed questions of fact cannot be enquired into by this court and a writ of mandamus as prayed for cannot be granted. However, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the Joint Collector, Ananthapur to conduct a detailed enquiry into the claim of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders after calling for the necessary record from the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Penukonda. Such exercise shall be completed as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 24-10-2008 KLP