THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No : 24483 of 2009 DATE:12.11.2009 Between: A. Padma ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by the District Collector (CS), Nalgonda District and another .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 24483 of 2009 ORDER : The petitioner’s husband was the authorized fair price shop dealer of Adivemula village, Jajireddygudem Mandal, Nalgonda District, and the said authorization was issued as early as in the year 1992. Due to mis-fourtue, he died recently, and hence, the petitioner approached the appointing authority i.e. 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Suryapet, Nalgonda District, and made an application requesting to appoint her or her daughter as the fair price shop dealer on permanent basis, in place of her husband, but, however, as no orders have yet been passed by the 2nd respondent, she approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the dealership of the deceased can be transferred in the name of his legal heirs, does not sustain, for the reason that in sub clause (12), Clause 5 of the latest A.P. State Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008, there is a strict prohibition in appointing the legal heirs of the deceased, which reads as under: “(12): In the event of the death of the Fair Price Shop Dealer/Nominated Retailer/Hawker, the authorization issued shall stand cancelled and the legal heirs of the deceased are not entitled to transfer of authorization.” 4. Therefore, I see no merits in this writ petition. However, as and when the next Notification is issued, the petitioner also can submit an application, and on submission of such application, the respondents may consider the same sympathetically and pass appropriate orders thereon. 5. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 12TH November, 2009 cbs THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION N0.24483 of 2009 12th November, 2009 cbs