IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9788 of 2008 Between: D.Gangayamma W/o.Late Nagi Reddy R/o.Kotanemalipuri Village Rajapalem Mandal,Guntur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Ex-Officio Secretary Consumer Affaris, Food & Civil Supplies, (CS-I) Dept, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The District Collector, Guntur District, Guntur 3 The Revenue Divisional officer, Guntur, Guntur District 4 The Mandal Revenue officer, Rajupalem Mandal Guntur District .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in proposing to trifurcate the petitioner’s fair price shop at Kotanemalipuri Village, Rajupalem Mandal, Guntur District, without considering her representation dated 22-04-2008, for deletion of bogus cards, as illegal, arbitrary and void. In her affidavit, the petitioner averred that at present Kotanemalipuri Village fair price shop has in all 922 cards; that the said cards comprise many bogus cards and; that without excluding those cards, the respondents are seeking to trifurcate the existing fair price shop. The petitioner further averred that she made representation dated 22-04-2008 to respondent No.3 to weed out the bogus cards before initiating proceedings for trifurcation. Alleging that the respondents are seeking to proceed with the trifurcation without considering the said representation, the present Writ Petition is filed. Heard Sri K.Srinivas, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record. Though the petitioner pleaded in her affidavit that the respondents are proposing to trifurcate the existing fair price shop, no material, whatsoever, has been filed by her in support of the said plea. She has merely filed a copy of the purported representation dated 22-04-2008, without any acknowledgment, wherein she pleaded that the existing fair price shop of Kotanemalipuri Village shall not be trifurcated without weeding out the bogus cards. In the absence of any material in support of her contention that the respondents have proposed to trifurcate the existing fair price shop, this Court cannot entertain the present Writ Petition on mere apprehension. Even assuming that such proposals are initiated, if the respondents committed any illegality in trifurcating the existing shop, such an order is amenable for being questioned in appeal before the Director of Civil Supplies. In this view of the matter, I am not inclined to entertain this Writ Petition and dispose of the same on merits. The learned Counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that since the petitioner’s representation is pending consideration before respondent No.3, he may be directed to dispose of the same. Having regard to the facts of this case, while dismissing the Writ Petition, respondent No.3 is directed to consider and dispose of representation dated 22-04-2008, purported to have been filed by the petitioner, if the same has been received by him. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.12893 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 30-04-2008 Note: Furnish CC in three days. B/o LUR