IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO.11226 of 2008 Between: M/s. Sudershan & Sons Service Station Rep. by its Prop. A. Jayaprakash S/o. Sudershan R/o. Balanagar Village and Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Collector (CS) Mahabubnagar District at Mahabubnagar. 2 The Tahsildar, Balanagar Village and Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ order or direction more in the nature of writ of Manamus declaring that the direction of the 1st Respondent to the 2nd respondent to effect sale of seized stock of 31,679 liters of HSD and remit the sale proceeds into suspense account in Proceedings No. Lr.No. CS 4/141/2008 dt. 14-5-2008 as null and void and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.H.V.R.R.SWAMY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.11226 of 2008 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that on 26-02-2008 its petrol bunk was inspected by the inspecting officials and found certain irregularities and seized the stocks and the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act are pending. In the meanwhile, Forensic Science Laboratories report, dated 03-05-2008, was received, wherein, it is revealed that the stocks seized on suspicion of adulteration were found to be inconformity with High Speed Diesel as per the relevant Bureau of Indian Standard Specifications (BIS). It is stated that pending 6-A proceedings, the authorities are contemplating to sell the seized stocks and, therefore, the petitioner seeks for release of the same. In view of the report of the Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratories, dated 03-05-2008, the respondents are directed to release the stocks, which were seized on 26-02-2008, to the petitioner on furnishing bank guarantee equal to that of the value of the quantity of the stocks seized. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 11-06-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}