THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :19507 of 2009 DATED: 15-09-2009 Between: N.Sailendra. ..... PETITIONER And The Joint Collector-II, Ranga Reddy District, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad & another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner is a businessman and he stored 30 quintals of rice in his business premises. The 2nd respondent-Assistant Supply Officer, Circle-I, Balanagar, Rangareddy District visited the premises of the petitioner on 06-08-2009 and seized the stocks on the ground that he violated the conditions of the A.P.Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licencing, storage and Regulation) Order, 2008. Thereafter, the matter was reported to the 1st respondent- Joint Collector, who in turn initiated proceedings under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 ( for brevity, ‘the Act’). The same is challenged in this Writ Petition. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents. 3. Now that proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act have been initiated and according to the learned counsel for the petitioner, mere storage of rice is not an offence. 4. The 1st respondent-Joint Collector-II, Rangareddy District, is hereby directed to complete the proceedings initiated under Section 6-A of the Act at the earliest, preferably within a period of eight weeks. Pending the said proceedings under Section 6-A of the Act, the stock seized on 06-08-2009 from out of the business premises of the petitioner shall not be sold. 5. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ T.GOPALAKRISHNA,J 15th September, 2009. Note: Issue operative portion of the order by wire at party’s costs. B/o Tsy