ti IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE B S BHANUMATHI WRIT PETITION NO: 4259 OF 2025 Between: P Venkata Reddy, S/o. P. Hanumantha Reddy, Aged about 46 years Occ: F.P. Shop Dealer, Shop No. 0825023, R/o. Pavuluru Village Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District. ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Civil Supplies Department, Velagapudi Secretariat Building, Amaravathi, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Chirala Revenue Division, Chirala, Bapatia District. 3. The Tahsildar, Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District. ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus or an appropriate writ or order declaring the proceedings in Rc. H/1008/2024, dt. 27-01-2025 passed by the 2nd respondent where under suspended the authorization of the petitioner shop no. 0825023, Pavuluru village, Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District, is illegal, arbitrary and T / unconstitutional and against to the principles of natural justice contrary to the Control Orders and consequently directed the respondents 2 and 3 permit the petitioner to distribute the essential commodities to the card holders. and lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to suspend the proceedings in Rc. H/1008/2024, dt. 27-01-2025 passed by the 2nd respondent whereunder suspended the authorization of the petitioner shop no. 0825023, Pavuluru village, Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District, pending disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI. KOTI REDDY IDAMAKANTI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following order: APHC010077782025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3311] MONDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE B S BHANUMATHI Writ Petition No: 4259/2025 Between: ...Petitioner P Venkata Reddy AND ...Respondent(S) The State of Andhra Pradesh and others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. Koti Reddy Idamakanti Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP for Civil Supplies The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ or direction preferably writ of mandamus declaring the proceedings in Rc.H/1008/2024, dated 27-01-2025 passed by the 2'^'^ respondent suspended the authorization of the petitioner shop no. 0825023, Pavuluru village, Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District, is illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and against the principles of natural justice and contrary to the Control Orders and consequently directed the respondents 2 and 3 permit the petitioner to distribute/he essential commodities to the card holders^ WP No.4259of 2025 2. The case of the petitioner is briefly as follows: The petitioner was appointed as a permanent dealer of fair price shop No.0825023, Pavuluru Village, Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District compassionate grounds by the 2"^^ respondent dated 27.03.2024. On 10.10.2024, Revenue Inspector and Village Revenue Officer inspected the petitioners shop and verified the stocks, registers and ePoS machine. They did not find any variations. But, at the instance of the local ruling party leaders, the inspecting authorities made false allegation that there was an excess stock of 2 quintals of rice and seized the shop under the panchanama dated 10.10.2024. Since the respondents no.2 and 3 have not supplied the essential commodities during subsistence of the petitioner’s authorisation, the petitioner filed W.P.No.25134 of 2024. During pendency of the writ petition, the 2 respondent issued show cause notice dated 07.11.2024. This Court allowed the writ petition on 11.11.2024 directing the authorities to supply the essential commodities to the petitioner as long as the authorization is in force. Some unknown persons threw 4 bags of rice in compound premises of the petitioner. Those bags were shown as excess stock. The petitioner informed the inspecting officers that for long time, the ruling party leaders had been pressurizing the petitioner to resign from the dealership which the petitioner refused and hence they got kept the 4 bags of rice. They pressurized the inspecting authorities to show them as excess stock. The inspecting officers, having yielded to their illegal pressures, made the allegations that there was excess stock and seized the stock. The 2^^ respondent with predetermined mind passed the impugned proceedings by suspending the petitioner’s authorization instead of passing the final order. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted as in the petition. on nd 3. WP No.4259 of 2025 3 Pleader for Civil Supplies Divisional learned Assistant Government 4. The placed on record the written Officer Chirala dated 24.02.2025 and submitted that if the pe i lone disciplinarv authority the petitioner should authority & Collector (Civil Supplies), had not utilized the option instructions of the Revenue aggrieved by the order of the file the appeal before the appellate Bapatla within 30 days, but the petitioner wantonly and approached the High Court, Hence, this writ petition is not valid in law. Perused the record. 5. submitted by the petitioner, a final order law. Yet present, there is no Since explanation was be passed by holding enquiry as per ground to interfere with the impughed order. 6. can nd As such, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 2 final order by holding enquiry as per law within of this order, failing 7. respondent to pass the three (3) weeks from the date of receipt of copy which the proceedings in Rc.H/1008/2024. dated 27-01-2025 stands set aside. There shall be no order as to costs. applications pending, if any, shall As a sequel, miscellaneous stand closed. Sd/- M. SRINIVAS assistant registrar //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, Civil Supplies Department, State of Andhra Secretariat Building, Amaravathi, Guntur District, 1. The Principal Secretary, Pradesh, Velagapudi Andhra Pradesh. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Chirala Revenue Division, Chirala, Bapatla District. 3. The Tahsildar, Inkollu Mandal, Bapatia District. 4. One CC to Sri. Koti Reddy Idamakanti Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to GP for Civil Supplies, High Court Of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies GSC HIGH COURT DATED:24/02/2025 ORDER WP.No.4259 of 2025 1^” ■ 15 MAR 2025 | ^ Current Section ^ DISPOSING OF THE WP WITHOUT COSTS