WP(C) 6471/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE I A ANSARI The petitioner herein contends that the petitioner is the managing partner of a business establishment, namely, Rupam Petroleum Co. (Retail outlet), Dadhara, Te zpur, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam, which is a dealer of Motor Spirit (MS) and High Speed Diesel (HSD) under the Indian Oil Corporation (hereinafter refer red to as ’the Corporation’), that on 09.06.2009, a vehicle (tank lorry), bearin g registration No. AS-01A-1282, was intercepted by the personnel of Food and Civ il Supply Department, Government of Assam, and they alleged that though the driv er of the said vehicle produced a Challan, which show the vehicle to be carrying HSD, they (i.e., the personnel of Food and Civil Supply Department) found the v ehicle to be loaded with blue-dyed SK Oil instead of HSD and, as a consequence t hereof, the vehicle was seized by the personnel of Food and Civil Supply Departm ent and, following the seizure of the said vehicle and the SK oil contained ther ein, a confiscation proceeding has been started, that during pendency of the con fiscation proceeding, the Food and Civil Supply Department seized the entire sto ck of MS and HSD, Stock Register and Cash-Memo from the above-named retail out o n the ground of discrepancies in stock of MS and HSD, for, the Challan, which ha d been produced by the driver of the said vehicle, was related to the said outle t and that the dispensing nozzle of HSD alongwith its underground tank of the sa id retail outlet were also sealed by the Civil Supply officials and an Executive Magistrate and, since then, the retail outlet has remained closed. By filing the present writ petition, the petitioner has impugned the sei zure of the petitioner’s retail outlet and has sought for appropriate directions to be issued by this Court for release of the petitioner’s seized materials and allowing the petitioner to run the retail outlet. Heard Mr. P. K. Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr. G . Soren, learned Government Advocate, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 10. Heard also Mr. S. N. Sarma, learned Senior counsel, appearin g on behalf of respondent Nos. 3, 4, 7 and 9. Considering the fact that the retail outlet has been sealed due to pendency of t he confiscation proceeding, this Court is of the view that the petitioner cannot be allowed, at this stage, to operate the outlet and/or sell HSD. It is, now, submitted, on behalf of the petitioner, that the petitioner seeks to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to approach this Court with appropriat e application, in future, if so advised. The petitioner, however, seeks directi on from this Court for expediting the said confiscation proceeding. To the subm issions, so made on behalf of the petitioner, no serious objection has been rais ed on behalf of the respondents. In view of the above and in the interest of justice, this writ petition is dispo sed of as withdrawn by the petitioner with liberty granted to the petitioner to approach this Court with appropriate application, in future, if so advised. The District Magistrate, Sonitpur, Tezpur, is hereby directed to expedite the dispo sal of the confiscation proceeding. Furnish a copy of this order to the learned Government Advocate.