THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.31507 of 2010 Date: 15.12.2010 Between: Sampati Yedukondala Reddy ..... Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by Commissioner, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri K. Ramakoteswara Rao Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies Counsel for Respondent No.4: -- The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside the order dated 02.11.2010 passed by respondent No.3, whereby he has appointed respondent No.4 as fair price shop dealer of Chinamatlapudi Village, Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District. At the hearing, Sri K. Ramakoteswara Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner, has not disputed that against the order impugned in this writ petition, his client has a remedy of appeal under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008. The law is well settled that this Court exercising its discretionary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India would not ordinarily entertain a writ petition filed bypassing the alternative remedy. Therefore, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition and adjudicate the same on merits. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.40088 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15th December, 2010 GHN