THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 24811 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the Tahsildar, V.Kota Mandal, Chittoor District - 2nd respondent in not supplying the essential commodities to its fair price shop, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. This Court, while ordering notice before admission on 13.11.2008, issued an interim direction to the 2nd respondent to supply the essential commodities to the petitioner's fair price shop, provided the authorisation in its favour is subsisting as on that day. 3. As there is a dispute with regard to subsisting of authorisation as on 13.11.2008, this Court directed the Government Pleader for Civil Supplies to get instructions, and accordingly, the Government Pleader received instructions and submitted a report of the 2nd respondent in Roc.B/658/2008, dated 04.08.2009, before this Court. According to the said report, the authorisation of the petitioner was subsisting as on 04.08.2009, the petitioner's dealership was neither suspended nor cancelled nor any case was booked against it under Section 6-A of the Essential Commodities Act (for short 'the Act'), that the essential commodities have been supplying to the petitioner fair price shop for distribution to the card holders, and that the authorisation of the petitioner was submitted to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Madanapalle, for renewal and the renewal order is awaited. 4. In the light of the above, this Court directs the respondents to continue the petitioner as fair price shop dealer of Mudaramdoddi village, V.Kota Mandal, Chittoor District, and to supply the essential commodities for distribution to the card holders, so long as its authorisation is in force and it is not involved in any irregular activity. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 6th August, 2009. CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.24811 of 2008 (Disposed of) 5th August, 2009 CBS