IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11271 of 2009 Between: Yellanki Viran Kumar S/o. Badraiah D.No.4-1-5 Osmanpura,Karimnagar Owner of M/s Samba Shiva Rice Depot at Karimnagar ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Collector(Civil Supplies) at Karimnagar 2 The Assistant Supply Officer Sirisilla,Karimnagar District ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAVINDER Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : O R D E R: The petitioner is a food grains dealer. On the allegation that he is carrying on clandestine business, 207.25 quintals of BPT rice was seized from him under panchanama dated 04-06-2009. The petitioner claimed to have made an application on 06-06-2009 before respondent No.1 for its release. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, on instructions, submitted that as the petitioner was indulging in carrying on clandestine business in contravention of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licensing and Distribution) Order, 2008, the stocks were seized and the District administration is ready to dispose of the seized stock to the needy consumers through special counters at Rs.20/- per K.G. Inasmuch as the petitioner’s application for release of the stock is stated to be pending, a legal obligation is cast on respondent No.1 to dispose of such an application before taking a decision on the manner of disposal of the seized stock. While I do not find any reason to give a direction to respondent No.1, at this stage, to release the seized stock, in view of pendency of the petitioner’s application before him, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the petitioner’s application for release of the seized stock, if already received by him and pending as on today, within a period of one week. Till such disposal, the seized stock shall not be sold. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Note: Issue C.C in two days Dated 16th June, 2009 vrn