THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 12805 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the seizure and continued detention of his lorry bearing No.AP 20/W-2579 on 24.05.2007 by the Sub-Inspector of Police, Singarayakonda, Prakasam District - 3rd respondent and the consequent order of the Collector (CS), Prakasam District, Ongole - 1st respondent in Rc.No.CS1/6A/54/2007, dated 12.06.2007, insisting upon bank guarantee for Rs.1,67,220/- being the cost of seized goods, as condition for release, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The case of the petitioner is that he is owner of a lorry bearing No.AP 20/W-2579. Without his knowledge, on 24.05.2007 the lorry driver accepted to transport rice from Sri Ramakrishna Rice Mill, Darsi to M/s.Ramana Nagendra Rao & Boiled Rice Mill, Nellore and when the lorry with rice load reached Singarayakonda, the 3rd respondent seized and detained the lorry on the ground that the rice under transport is PDS rice. He has no knowledge about the transportation of the consignment and whether the consignment is PDS rice or not. On coming to know about the seizure of his lorry, he filed a petition before the 1st respondent for release of the lorry, but the 1st respondent passed an order in Rc.No.CS1/6A/54/2007, dated 12.06.2007, directing release of the lorry on production of bank guarantee for Rs.1,67,220/- towards the cost of seized goods. Being aggrieved by the said order, he filed this writ petition. 2 W.P.No.12805 of 2007 3. This Court, while issuing Rule Nisi on 10.07.2007, directed the respondents to release the lorry in question in favour of the petitioner without insisting any bank guarantee, subject to condition that the petitioner furnishes an undertaking before the 1st respondent that the vehicle in question will not be alienated and the same will be produced, as and when required for the purpose of the case, in W.P.M.P.No.15989 of 2007. 4. Today, when this matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies has submitted that the entire proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act are over and the stock of rice seized on 24.05.2007 was ordered to be confiscated and the petitioner was warned by the 1st respondent. 5. In the light of the subsequent developments and also in view of the fact that the lorry in question was already released in favour of the petitioner, this Court is of the view that no further orders need be passed in this writ petition. 6. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 6th August, 2009. CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.12805 of 2007 (Disposed of) 6th August, 2009 CBS