THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.18450 OF 2009 Between: Ch. Renuka Devi Petitioner And The Joint Collector (C.S.Wing) Ongole, Prakasam District & 3 others. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.18450 OF 2009 ORDER: 1 The grievance of the petitioner is that though she has been distributing the essential commodities to the cardholders in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Control Orders, issued from time to time, and though there was no compliant whatsoever against her, the authorities, without initiating any proceedings against her, such as suspending or canceling her authorization, are intentionally not supplying the essential commodities to her. Hence she approached this court and filed the present Writ Petition. 2 Heard both sides. 3 In my considered view, the respondent authorities cannot abruptly stop supply of the schedule commodities to the authorized fair price shop dealer. It is only when the authorization of the fair price shop dealer is suspended on the ground that the dealer has contravened the provisions of the relevant Control Order, then only the supply of essential commodities can be stopped. So long as the authorization of the dealer is in force, the respondent authorities are duty bound to supply the schedule commodities to the authorized fair price shop dealer enabling him to distribute the same to the cardholders. As it is the contention of the petitioner that no proceedings have been initiated against the Petitioner, the respondents are hereby directed to supply the schedule commodities to the petitioner to be supplied to the cardholders, provided the authorization of the Petitioner is in force. 4 The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. ------------- 02.09.2009 kvsn