IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P.No.24304 OF 2008 Date:15-02-2011 Between:- M/s.Punnam Traders, Rep.by its Proprietor Punnam Chander. .. Petitioner And The Joint Collector (Collector (CS)), Karimnagar District and two others. .. Respondents ORDER:- By way of this writ petition, the petitioner assailed the action of the Tahsildar, Jammikunta Mandal, Karimnagar District, the second respondent, in seizing 91 quintals of rice under panchanama dated 31- 10-2008 from the petitioner’s premises and sought a direction to the respondents not to sell the seized rice until the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short, ‘the Act’) was completed. 2. This Court, by order dated 06-11-2008, permitted the Joint Collector (Civil Supplies), Karimnagar Distict, the first respondent, to proceed with the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Act but restrained the respondents from selling the seized stock. 3. Thereafter, by order dated 20-11-2008, this Court directed the respondents to permit the petitioner to carry on his business by considering his application dated 31-10-2008. Pursuant thereto, the petitioner is continuing with his business operations. While so, the respondents filed W.V.M.P.No.152 of 2009 to vacate the order dated 20-11-2008. 4. It is now brought to my notice by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies that the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act were concluded under order dated 18- 08-2009 passed by the Joint Collector, Karimnagar District. A copy of the said order is placed on record and reflects that the Joint Collector, Karimnagar directed confiscation of 10% of the seized stock in favour of the Government under Section 6-A of the Act. This order was passed on 18-08-2009 and it is stated by the learned Assistant Government Pleader that the petitioner did not choose to challenge the same. As the prayer of the petitioner in the present writ petition was to protect him pending the completion of the Section 6-A proceedings, the cause no longer survives for adjudication. 5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of permitting the respondents to give effect to the order dated 18-08-2009 passed by the Joint Collector, Karimnagar under Section 6-A of the Act, if it remained unchallenged and has become final. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J 15th February, 2011 AMD