IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 19702 of 2008 Between: 1 P.Seetha Rami Reddy S/o.late P.Nagi Reddy R/o. Amadaguntla Village, Kodumur Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 E.Srinivas Reddy S/o.E.V.Krishna Reddy R/o.Salkapuram Village, Kurnool District. 3 L.Anjaneya Goud S/o.Narayana Goud R/o.Tolagotla Village, Manapod Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Dy. Tahsildar, (CS), Sirvel Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 The District Manager, Civil Supplies Corporation, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 4 A.P. State Ware House Corporation, Indira Gandhi Nagar, Kurnool, Rep. by its Manager, B.E. Sudhakar. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in seizing the stocks of 252.50 quintals of red gram from the 4th respondent Warehouse belonging to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently set aside the proceedings No.DSO/CS1/E.C.No.129/2008 dated 28.08.2008 initiated under Section 6-A of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.V.RAGHU VEER Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.19702 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the action of the second respondent in seizing the stocks of 252.50 quintals of Redgram from the fourth respondent-Warehouse belonging to the petitioners, as arbitrary and illegal. Though various contentions have been raised by the petitioners assailing the seizure, since the enquiry under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short, ‘E.C. Act, 1955’) is pending, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to proceed with the enquiry under Section 6-A of the E.C. Act, 1955 and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, there shall be stay of sale of the seized stock. No costs. ____________________ JUSTICE G. ROHINI 10th September 2008 Note: Issue operative portion of the order by wire. B/o dr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Dy. Tahsildar, (CS), Sirvel Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 The District Manager, Civil Supplies Corporation, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 4 The Manager- B.E. Sudhakar, A.P. State Ware House Corporation, Indira Gandhi Nagar, Kurnool. 5 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (OUT) 6 2 CD copies.