THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.26827 of 2009 Dated: 09.12.2009 Between Ajmeera Sudhakar Naik. .. Petitioner. And The District Collector (Civil Supplies), Adilabad, and another. .. Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.26827 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as a Fair Price Shop dealer of Lingapur village, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District, in the year 1987. Subsequently, on 12.09.2009, the Mandal Revenue Inspector, Dandepally, inspected the shop of the petitioner and, on his finding certain variations in stocks, submitted a report thereto to the 2nd respondent-Tahsildar, Dandepalli. Pursuant to the said report, the 2nd respondent registered a case under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act (for short ‘the Act’) against the petitioner, and submitted a report to that effect to the 1st respondent-District Collector (Civil Supplies), Adilabad, for appropriate action, and also issued proceedings, dated 22.09.2009, suspending the authorization of the petitioner till the case registered under Section 6-A of the Act is decided. The petitioner complains that though the 2nd respondent has submitted a report to the 1st respondent-District Collector (Civil Supplies), Adilabad, for taking necessary action, till date the said proceedings are not finalized, and hence, he approached this Court seeking appropriate directions. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents. From a perusal of the proceedings impugned in this writ petition, this Court is of the view that the same has not been issued in accordance with the provisions of the A.P. Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001, as per which, the disciplinary authority can only suspend or cancel the authorization of the Fair Price Shop dealer, and the Tahsildar is empowered to suspend the authorization for a period of 90 days only. Here, in the case on hand, the 2nd respondent-Tahsilar suspended the authorization of the petitioner till the case under Section 6-A of the Act is decided, though he has no such power. However, as it is brought to the notice of this Court that the petitioner has already offered his explanation to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Dandepally, Adilabad District, the disciplinary authority, I deem it appropriate to direct the Revenue Divisional Officer, to complete the enquiry pertaining to the case registered against the petitioner under Section 6-A of the Act, at the earliest, preferably within a period of four weeks from today. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of, at the stage of admission, with a direction to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District, to complete the enquiry pertaining to the case registered against the petitioner, at the earliest, preferably within a period of four weeks from today, and pass appropriate orders, as per law. If, for any reason, the said enquiry is not completed within the time stipulated by this Court, the authorization of the petitioner shall stand restored and the petitioner shall be supplied with essential commodities enabling him to distribute them to the cardholders, during pendency of the said enquiry. No order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 09.12.2009 Note: Furnish CC in three days B/o v v