THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :20584 of 2009 DATED: 24-09-2009 Between: M/s Anand Fertilizers & General Stores, D.No.103/2, Mutlur road, Chebrolu village & Mandal, Guntur District, Rep. by its Proprietor, Meduri Srinivas Rao. ..... PETITIONER And The Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur & another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner, who is the Proprietor of M/s Anand Fertilizers & General Stores, Chebrolu, approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition with the following prayer: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is prayed that this Honourable Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus, call for the records relating issuance of impugned order passed in E.C.Act Case No.164/2009-S7, dated 11-09- 2009, of the 1st respondent, declare the same, as illegal, arbitrary and the one contrary to the express provisions of E.C.Act and consequently set aside the same as such and direct the 1st respondent to pass final order by disposing the case within reasonable time and to pass such other order or orders as this Honourable Court may deed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case”. 2. Now as the proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 ( for brevity, ‘the Act’) have already been initiated by the 1st respondent-Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur and a notice under Section 6-B of the Act was also issued to the petitioner, this Court is of the view that the 1st respondent may be directed to hold enquiry at the earliest, preferably, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. So far as the stock is concerned, as the petitioner agreed to offer bank guarantee to a tune of Rs.3,00,000/-, the 1st respondent-Collector & District Magistrate is hereby directed to release the entire stock to the petitioner on condition of the petitioner furnishing bank guarantee in a sum of Rs.3,00,000/-. 5. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ T.GOPALAKRISHNA,J 24th September, 2009. Note: Issue operative portion of the order by wire at party’s costs. B/o Tsy