THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.8961 of 2009 DATED: 30.04.2010 Between: Singham Shetty Subba Raju .. Petitioner And The District Supply Officer, E.G. District, At Kakinada and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard the learned counsel on record. Aggrieved by the action of the 1st respondent- District Supply Officer, East Godavari District, Kakainada, in ordering for bifurcation of fair price shop No.27 of Chelluru Village, Rayavaram Mandal of East Godavari District, along with other shops in the District, by the impugned proceedings dated 12.01.2009, the petitioner, who is the dealer of the said fair price shop, filed the present writ petition. Admittedly, against the impugned proceedings dated 12.01.2009 issued by the 1st respondent and the consequential proceedings dated 13.02.2009 issued by the 2nd respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajahmundry, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Director of Civil Supplies, A.P., Hyderabad, on 15.04.2009, and the same was taken on file. The petitioner, however, states that he sought for stay of the impugned proceedings pending disposal of the appeal, but the same was not granted and the appeal is not yet taken up for disposal. In the facts and circumstances of the case, as the petitioner has already availed the statutory remedy of appeal against the impugned proceedings before the Director of Civil Supplies, which is pending disposal, without going into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, directing the Director of Civil Supplies to dispose of the said appeal as expeditiously as possible. Till the disposal of the appeal, interim order of status quo passed by this Court on 28.04.2009 shall continue. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 30th April, 2010 Note:- Registry to issue a copy of this order to the Director of Civil Supplies, A.P., Hyderabad. B/o IBL