IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 23395 of 2009 Between: Md. Sasleem ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Joint Collector, Sanga Reddy and antoher. .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 23395 of 2009 ORDER : The petitioner’s father was the authorized fair price shop dealer of Govardanagiri village, Thoguta Mandal and the said authorization was issued as early as in the year 1988. Due to mis-fourtue, he was died on 19-08-2009 and hence, the petitioner approached the appointing authority i.e. 2nd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Siddipet Division, Siddipet, Medak District, and made an application requesting to appoint him as the fair price shop dealer, in place of his father, but, however, as no orders have been passed, he 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 learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to the memo issued by the Commissioner of Civil Supplies on 29-06-2005, wherein, it is stated that the dealership of the deceased can be transferred in the name of his legal heirs. 4. This Court cannot rely upon the said memo 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, 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.” 5. Accordingly, I see no merits in this writ petition. However, as and when the next Notification is issued, the petitioner also can make an application and when he makes an application, the respondents authorities may consider his case sympathetically and pass appropriate orders thereon. 6. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ October 30, 2009 kvr