HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22034 of 2010 Date : 03.09.2010 Between : Sri Gorige Sekhar. …..Petitioner And The Revenue Divisional Officer-cum-Special Grade Deputy Collector, Ranga Reddy District. …..Respondent HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22034 of 2010 ORDER : This writ petition is filed, questioning the Notification No.C/3067/2010, dated 20.08.2010, reserving the vacancy of fair price shop dealer of Lemur village of Kandukur Mandal, for Open Category. It is the case of the petitioner that earlier, the shop was held by his father and that it was reserved for BC category. In that view of the matter, there is no reason to reserve it to the Open Category in the present notification. On instructions, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents that in the East Division of Ranga Reddy District, there are totally 713 shops, and as per the reservation policy notified in G.O.Ms.No.52, dated 18.12.2008, only 25% of vacancies are to be reserved for BC category. It is submitted that having regard to the total number of shops, 182 are to be reserved for BCs., but so far, 229 shops are already held by the dealers belonging to backward classes. In that view of the matter, it is stated that as there is short- fall in the open category, the respondents have notified the vacancy by changing the category from BC to OC. Having regard to the reservations, it is always open for the respondents to change the allotment of shops to different categories, as per the notified policy, and in case, in a particular category, if the existing dealers are full to the extent of reservation, it can be changed to other category. In that view of the matter, I do not find any illegality in the impugned notification. Writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 3rd September 2010 ajr