IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 17364 of 2009 Between: Kankipati Varaprasad ..... PETITIONER AND The Joint Collector, West Godavari and others .....RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.17364 OF 2009 ORDER : This writ petition is filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not disposing of the appeal No.CS1/23/Appeal/2008 filed questioning the appointment of the 3rd respondent as Fair Price Shop Dealer of Sidhantam village, Penugonda Mandal, West Godavari District for shop No.42 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal forthwith. The brief facts are that questioning the appointment of the third respondent as the fair price shop dealer of shop No.42 of Sidhantam village by the Revenue Divisional Officer, the petitioner approached the 1st respondent, Joint Collector, and filed an appeal, which was numbered as CS1/23/Appeal/2008. The 1st respondent fixed a date i.e., 17.01.2009 for enquiry and the petitioner appeared on the said date. But, nothing had transpired and thereafter, the matter was adjourned. Thereafter, no dates have been given for hearing of the said appeal. Hence, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. Having considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and as the appeal was filed almost about 10 months back, the 1st respondent is hereby directed to decide the appeal No.CS1/23/Appeal/2008 filed by the petitioner at the earliest i.e., within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is needless to observe that before hearing the said appeal, the 1st respondent shall put the petitioner as well as the 3rd respondent on notice. So that they can advance their arguments before the 1st respondent. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) August 21, 2009 NOTE: Issue C.C. by four days. KSH/MD