THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11603 of 2010 Date:09.02.2011 Between: Smt. N. Ramadevi ..... Petitioner AND The Tahsildar, Bathalapalli and another .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri V.V. Anil Kumar Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside the order dated 07.05.2010 of respondent No.1, whereby he has suspended the petitioner’s authorization. Under Clause 7(5) of the Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2008, respondent No.1 is empowered to suspend the authorizations for a period not exceeding three months. The impugned order does not indicate that the order of suspension is limited to any period. Even in the absence of such stipulation, by operation of the abovementioned clause, the order ceases to exist with the expiry of 90 days. Therefore, the impugned order is declared to have become nonest in law with the expiry of 90 days. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of with the direction to the respondents to continue the petitioner till such time as an appropriate enquiry is initiated and an order by the competent authority after enquiry is passed. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, interim order dated 19.05.2010 is vacated and W.P.M.P.Nos.14702 and 20921 of 2010 and W.V.M.P.No.4567 of 2011 are disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 09th February, 2011 GHN