IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :20443 of 2009 Between: Dandamudi Tulasi Mahalakshmi. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Civil Supplies, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others. .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :20443 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition with the following prayer: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, the petitioner prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to call for records and issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declare the action of the respondents in seizing the 438 bags of Single Super Phosphate (SSP) seized by the 5th respondent from the godowns of the petitioner at D.No.2-145D Kuchipudi village and D.No.4-135 of Pedapudi village, Movva Mandal, Krishna District, as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India apart from being violative of principles of natural justice and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” Now, as the proceedings under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, have already been initiated, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the Joint Collector, Krishna, Machilipatnam to dispose of the said proceedings at the earliest, preferably, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order, in accordance with law. In the meanwhile, the stock seized from out of the petitioner’s premises viz., Super Phosphate shall not be sold. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________________________ Justice Gopala Krishna Tamada Date:23rd September, 2009 Nn. HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :20443 of 2009 23rd September, 2009