IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.1019 OF 2010 Between : Kotha Nagaraju .... Petitioner A N D 1. The Joint Collector 2. The Deputy Tahsildar 3. The Tahsildar …Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.1019 OF 2010 O R D E R: The writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus declaring the order, dated 31.12.2009, in ECAC No.151 of 2009, issued by the first respondent, whereby directing the third respondent to sell the 11.50 quintals of rice and 119.60 quintals of paddy seized from the petitioner by way of public auction, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently to direct the respondents to release the aforesaid stocks in favour of the petitioner and pass such other suitable orders. 3. In view of the facts and circumstances well explained, let the first respondent – Joint Collector, to dispose of 6(A) proceedings under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till then, the interim direction granted by this court will be operative. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ P.S. NARAYANA, J. February 08, 2010. YVL