HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.25772 of 2006 Date: January 22, 2008 Between: Parala Somaiah. … Petitioner. And 1. The Joint Collector, Nalgonda District, Nalgonda and 2 others. … Respondents * * * ORDER: This Court ordered rule nisi on 11.12.2006. In W.P.M.P.No.33065 of 2006 this Court made the following order: “The respondents may go on with the notification impugned herein, but final orders appointing any person shall not be issued until further orders.” W.V.M.P.No.172 of 2007 is filed to vacate the interim order. 2. The writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus declaring action of the second respondent in issuing notification dated 23.9.2006 for appointing fair price shop dealer for Mamidipally village, Tirumalgiri Mandal, as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently set aside the same and direct the respondents to release essential commodities/stocks to the petitioner-dealer in pursuance of the proceedings of the second respondent dated 19.7.2002 and pass such other suitable orders. 3. Several facts had been narrated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. The averments made in the affidavit had been denied in the counter-affidavit filed by the respondents. 4. This Court need not go into the details of the averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition and also the counter-affidavit for the reason that it is stated that as against the impugned order the petitioner already had preferred appeal to the first respondent on 26.7.2007 and the same is said to be pending. 5. In view of the same, let the first respondent dispose of the appeal in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, till then status quo obtaining as on today to be maintained. 6. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. ____________________ (P.S. NARAYANA, J) Date: January 22, 2008. BSB