IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.10996 of 2008 Between: M/s. Jadcherla Filling Station, Bureddipally, Jadcherla, through its Proprietor SRi Shravan Kumar, S/o. Joseph, R/o. Jadcherla, Dist. Mahaboobnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh rep. by Secretary, Civil Supplies, SEcretariat Building, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Mahaboobnagar district, Mahaboobnagar. 3 The Tahsildar, Jadcherla Mandal, Jadcherla, Mahaboobnagar. .....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 may be pleased to pass an order, direction or writ, one particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the direction of 2nd respondent to 3rd respondent to effect sale of seized stock of 28,324 litres of High Speel Diesel in pursuance of order dated 16.05.2008 in C.S.4/141/2008 of the 2nd respondent is arbitrary, illegal and violative of principles of natural justice and fundamental rights of the petitioner in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.GOVARDHAN VENU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.10996 of 2008 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that on 25/26-02-2008 his 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 25/26-02-2008, 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. ___________ 21-05-2008 Prv/V v ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}