IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 20181 of 2009 Between: Velagala Ramakrishna Reddy, S/o.Shri Uday Bhaskar Reddy, 31 years, Occ: Business, Santha Market, Penukonda, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.20181 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in seizing the entire stocks of the petitioner vide mediator’s report dated 26.08.2009, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently sought for a direction to the respondents to release the seized stocks in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner is having valid licence to carry on business in rice. On 26.08.2009, the 2nd respondent herein visited the shop of the petitioner, seized the stocks i.e., 27.50 quintals of PL variety rice; 156.75 quintals of Swarna variety rice and 03.00 quintals of Kurnool variety rice and registered a case under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act on the ground that the godown in which the stock seized was not included in the food grains licence and also there is variation in the stocks. Pursuant thereto, on the basis of the report furnished by the 2nd respondent, the 1st respondent initiated proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act. Hence the present writ petition. Heard both sides. Now that the proceedings under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act are very much pending before the 1st respondent, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of without going into the merits of the case. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent-Joint Collector to complete the proceedings pending before him under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and pass necessary orders thereon, within a period of eight weeks from today. Pending consideration of the said proceedings, the seized stocks shall not be sold. No order as to costs. ___________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 18-09-2009 Gsn.