IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION NO.14279 OF 2007 Smt Satti Bullemmai ... PETITIONER AND The Joint Collector and another. …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION NO.14279 OF 2007 ORDER: The petitioner claims that her husband was appointed as a Fair Price Shop dealer in respect of shop No.18 of Tanuku Town and Mandal and he died on 21.01.2005. She claims that she must have been appointed as a dealer in the place of her deceased husband. 2. Respondent No.2 – Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur Revenue Division, West Godavari District, in the mean while issued a notification, dated 26.05.2007, to fill up the said vacancy. She therefore, filed an appeal against the said notification before respondent No.1 – Joint Collector, West Godavari District, contending that she being the legal heir is entitled to succeed to the rights of her husband as a dealer to run the shop. Along with the Appeal No.20 of 2005, she also filed an application seeking stay of notification, dated 26.05.2007, issued by respondent No.2 – Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur. Without passing orders in the appeal filed by the petitioner, respondent No.2- Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur, issued a notification to fill up the vacancy, which is illegal. 3. Heard both sides. 4. The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is limited, viz., the inaction of respondent No.1-Joint Collector, Eluru, in not passing orders in Appeal No.20 of 2005. 5. This Court while admitting the writ petition passed orders in W.P.M.P.No.17940 of 2007, dated 05.07.2007, directed that the appointment as per the impugned notification, dated 26.05.2007, might go on, but such appointment should be subject to result of the writ petition. 6. Both the counsel submit that so far no appointment is made in pursuance of the above notification, and the appeal filed by the petitioner is still pending before respondent No.1. That being so, it is appropriate to direct respondent No.1- Joint Collector, Eluru, to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner. 7. In the above circumstances, respondent No.1 – Joint Collector, Eluru, West Godavari District, is directed to dispose of the Appeal No.20 of 2005, filed by the petitioner, as early as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 8. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J NOVEMBER 22, 2010. YVL