HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. RAJASHEKER REDDY Writ Petition No.24399 of 2014 Date: 12-09-2014 Between:
V. Chinna Peddanna .. Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Civil Supplies Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others .. Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. RAJASHEKER REDDY Writ Petition No.24399 of 2014 ORDER:
The writ petition is filed for a mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allotting and not releasing the essential commodities to the petitioner’s fair price shop No.24 of Gummanur village, Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool District without any valid reason and in trying to terminate the fair price shop dealership without issuing any notice as illegal and arbitrary and for a consequential direction to direct the respondents to continue the petitioner as fair price shop dealer.
2. The case of the petitioner is that he was temporarily appointed as fair price shop dealer of Shop No.24 of Gummanur village, Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool District, vide proceedings in Rc.No.M.347/2014, dated 10-06-2014 and since from the date of appointment, he has been distributing essential commodities to the cardholders without any complaint from any authorities. While so, the respondent authorities are trying to dispense the fair price shop dealer without any valid reason and trying to handover the same to the third parties without any complaint from any authorities. It is also stated that the respondents refused to receive the demand drafts for supply of essential commodities for the month of September, 2014. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed.
3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies.
4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and since it is stated that the authorisation of the petitioner’s fair price shop is valid and subsisting, the respondents are directed to supply the stocks to the petitioner as long as his authorisation is valid and subsisting or till the appointment of fair price shop dealer on permanent basis, whichever is earlier. However, this order will not preclude the competent authorities from taking appropriate action in case the petitioner commits any violation of the Control Order, 2008.
With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed.
A. RAJASHEKER REDDY, J Date: 12-09-2014 Ksn