IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 21393 of 2009 Between: Kampati Venkateswarlu . .Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary for Agriculture and Live Stock Market and others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.21393 OF 2009 ORDER: 1) The petitioner filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of 2nd respondent in not disposing the appeal No.S II (2) 1862/2009 dated 11.08.2009 filed by the petitioner against the order in proceedings No.vya.maa/regu/2009-10/130/131 passed by the 3rd respondent is illegal, arbitrary and violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. 2) The brief facts are that the 3rd respondent, Chairman, Agricultural Market Committee, Suryapet, vide its order dated 12.05.2009 in proceedings No. No.vya.maa/regu/2009-10/130/131, cancelled the licence of the petitioner. Aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner approached the 2nd respondent-appellate authority and preferred an appeal. As the said appeal is not disposed of, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3) Having regard to the fact that the appeal was preferred in the month of May, 2009, this Court is of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the appellate authority i.e., 2nd respondent to hear the said appeal and pass appropriate orders at the earliest, preferably within a period of four(4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4) With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J October 07, 2009 Note: Issue C.C. by tomorrow (b/o) KSH