•ITiONER ,P,{CLNQ..1145/201_1 Smt. Saroj Devi Wd/o Late Brij Lal Sao, aged about 40 years, R/o Rajeev Nagar, contracfor Colony, Near Ram Nagar Muthi Dham, Supeia, Bhilai, Tehsil & District- Durg, (C-.G.) 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary, Food and Civil Suppiy Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantraiaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 2; Food c-0ntroller Durg, Chhattisgarh. Mr. Uttarn Pandey, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arun Sao, Govt. Advocate for the respondents on advance i.AU'l SllNlt Heard. Mr. Pandey submits that the husband of the petitioner namely- Brij Lal was issued a Kerosene Hawker Card No. 368/B/2002. Brij La! expired on 07.11.2009. Thereafter, the petitioner made an application on 08.02.2011 for issuing the Kerosene Hawker Card on her name on account of death of her husband. By this writ petltion, the petitioner is making a prayer that her application dated 08.02.2011 (Annexure-P-2) may be (Sirected to be disposed of at the eariiest. Admittediy, the appiication for issuance of Hawker Card on the name of the D9tstion©rwas fil^d on 08.02.2011. M.uch tinis hss not sl^DSQd sft9f fjlino of th9 said application. It is obligatory on the part of the respondent's authorities to dispose of the application In accordance with circular dated 16.08.1999 and further i" accordance 'A'ith !aw. Since much time has not elapsed after fiiing of the said application, ! am riot snclined to issue any direction for disposal'of the said application at this stage as prayed by the petitioner. The petition, therefore, is dlsposed of at this stage. However, it obseived and trust that the respondents would try to dispose of the application filed by the petitioner at the eariiest. If the said application is not disposed of within a reasonabie time, the petitioner woutd be at-iiberty to fiie another wrlt petition. Rahul Sami Kumar Sinha Judge