The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.13183 of 2009 O r d e r : At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner questioned seizure of 3586.01 quintals of paddy, 173.50 quintals of rice, and 105.5 quintals of broken rice under Panchanama, dated 18- 06-2009. This Court, having found a prima facie case in favour of the petitioner, granted interim stay of sale of the seized stock vide interim Order, dated 09-07-2009. No counter-affidavit is filed. Inasmuch as the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) are pending and the seized stock has not been sold in pursuance of the interim Order of this Court, it is not necessary for this Court to adjudicate the Writ Petition on merits at this stage. Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till disposal of the said proceedings, the seized stock shall not be sold. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, interim order, dated 09-07-2009, is vacated and WPMP.No.17079 of 2009 is dismissed. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 31st July, 2009 lur