IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7750 of 2008 Between: Smt. Bharathi Vendra, W/o. Sri Venkata Nagar Durga Prasad, R/o. H.No. 3-139, Kothuru Village, Pedapadu Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Secretary to Government, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Eluru Division, West Godavari District. 3 The Special Deuty Collector, Civil Supplies, Pedapadu Mandal, Eluru Division, West Godavari District. 4 Smt. Vattikonda Sririsha, W/o. Sri Ravi, Shop No. 42, Kothuru Village, Pedapadu Mandal, Eluru Division, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.K.ANNAPURNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: AGP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside proceedings, dated 24.12.2007 issued by respondent No.2 whereby he appointed respondent No.4 as dealer of Fair Price Shop No.42 of Kothuru Village, Pedapadu Mandal, Eluru Division, West Godavari District. Having heard Smt. K.Annapurna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition in view of availability of an effective alternative remedy of appeal under Clause 20(1) of the Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001. Ordinarily, when an alternative remedy is available, this Court would not entertain the writ petition filed bypassing such an alternative remedy. The petitioner failed to give any reasons to convince this Court to make a departure from this rule. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal under the above- mentioned Clause. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.Nos.10192 and 10193 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 10th APRIL, 2008 kvni