THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.24329 OF 2008 BETWEEN: Smt. N. Sakuntala W/o. Narendra Fair Price Shop Dealer, Puletipalli Village, C.K. Palli Mandal, Ananthapur District. …. PETITIONER And 1. The Joint Collector, Ananthapur, and others. …. RESPONDENTS Counsel for petitioners: Sri N. Ranga Reddy Counsel for respondents: G.P. for Civil Supplies The Court made the following order: ORDER: The petitioner is a Fair Price Shop Dealer of Puletipalli Village, C.K. Palli Mandal, Ananthapur District. On 18.05.2008 the Mandal Revenue Inspector-I and Mandal Revenue Inspector-II, Chennakothapalli, inspected the shop of the petitioner and seized the commodities on the allegation that she was indulging in illegal transportation of two bags of PDS Rice of 50 Kgs., each, and found variation of 46 Kgs., of rice, and that she was not maintaining the sales register of rice and not recorded the rates of the commodities and the names of the persons to whom the supply was made. It was also found that the petitioner had issued PDS rice to nine persons without collecting coupons and that she had not distributed sugar to the card holders in the month of April 2008, and submitted a report dated 19.05.2008 to the third respondent herein. In the light of the inspection report, the third respondent, in exercise of powers vested under G.O.Ms.NO.47, dated 6.10.2007, suspended the Fair Price Shop Dealer ship licence of the petitioner for a period of 90 days vide proceedings dated 21.05.2008. Against the said order of the third respondent, the petitioner filed an appeal before the Joint Collector, Ananthapur-the first respondent herein, and the said appeal was disposed of by order dated 22.07.2008 in Rc.No.K6/DMV/1159/2008 directing the second respondent to complete the enquiry and dispose of the application within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the said order. As the application had not been disposed of as directed, the petitioner filed this writ petition for declaring the action of the second respondent in not completing the enquiry within the said time frame and in continuing the Fair Price Shop Dealer Ship under suspension, and further declaring the order dated 21.05.2008 of the third respondent as illegal and arbitrary. This Court by order dated 6.11.2008 in W.P.M.P.No.24329 of 2008 suspended the operation of the order of the third respondent dated 21.05.2008. I am not inclined to express any opinion on the merits of the case in view of the fact that enquiry is still pending before the second respondent herein. Suffice it to say that by virtue of the interim orders the petitioner has been distributing the commodities. I therefore, deem it appropriate to direct the second respondent to complete the enquiry within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Pending disposal of the enquiry, the order of the third respondent dated 21.05.2008 in R.C.No.B/178/2008 should remain suspended. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 28th October, 2010 Js.