IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7760 of 2008 Between: G.Laxmana Rao S/o.Surya Rao Shop No.12, Singarajupalle, Nallajerla Mandal, W.G. District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, Dept. of Civil Supplies Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, West Godavari District. Eluru. 3 Revenue Divisional Officer, West Godavari District. Eluru. 4 The Tahsildar, Nallajerla, West Godavari District. 5 The Mandal Revenue Inspector, Nallajerla, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.D.LALITHA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside proceedings, dated 26.02.2008 passed by respondent No.3 whereby he suspended the authorization of the petitioner in respect of shop No.12 of Singarajupalle, Nallajerla Mandal, West Godavari District. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record, I am of the view that the writ petition filed by the petitioner without availing the alternative remedy of appeal under Clause 20(1) of the Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001, cannot be entertained. The petitioner failed to assign any reason to convince this Court to entertain the writ petition without his first availing the alternative remedy of appeal, which, undoubtedly, is an efficacious alternative remedy. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed without going into the merits of the case with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.10205 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 10th APRIL, 2008 kvni