APHC010173282025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3332] SATURDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WRIT PETITION NO: 9765/2025 Between: 1. P.YERRISWAM,, S/O.P.THIMMAPPA , AGED 53 YEARS, OCC F.P.SHOP DEALER OF SHOP.NO.1216004, R/O. BELUGUPPA (V) BELUGUPPA (M) ANANTAPUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS AT VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE JOINT COLLECTOR, ANANTAPUR DISTRICT. 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, KALAYANADURGAM, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, BELUGUPPA MANDAL, ANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): 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 an appropriate order or direction more particularly a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allotting the essential commodities to petitioner 2 Shop.No.12160004, Beluguppa(v), Beluguppa (M), Anantapur District and trying to terminate her dealership without assailing any reasons and without issuing any notice as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, without jurisdiction and in violation of Art. 14 and 19 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to release the commodities to the petitioners Shop.No.12160004, Beluguppa(v), Beluguppa (M), Anantapur Districtcontinue the petitioners as FP shop dealers in the interest of justice IA 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 direct the respondents to continue the petitioner as F.P. shop Dealer and to supply essential commodities to the petitioner’s fair price shop at Shop.No.12160004, Beluguppa(v), Beluguppa (M), Anantapur District pending disposal of Writ Petition, IA NO: 2 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 issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd and 4th respondents in not allotting the essential commodities to the F.P shops held by the petitioner at N. Gundlapalli Village Shop.No.1216004 of Beluguppa (v), Beluguppa (M), Anantapur District without there being any reason, without issuing any notice to the petitioner though the petitioner authorization is valid and subsisting is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and also violative of Andhra Pradesh State Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order 2018 and principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to continue the petitioner to hold Shop.No. 1216004 of Beluguppa (v), Beluguppa (M), Anantapur District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M HEMALATHA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 3 1. GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following: ORDER: Questioning the action of the respondents in not allotting the essential commodities to the petitioner Fair Price Shop No.1216004 situated in Beluguppa Village & Mandal, Anantapur District, and trying to terminate his dealership, the present writ petition is filed. 2. Heard Ms.M.Hemalatha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Appasani Vineeth, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that pursuant to filing of the writ petition, the authorization of the petitioner has been cancelled and the same has been questioned by filing another writ petition, as such, no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition and the writ petition has become infructuous. 4. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. _____________________________ JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI Date: 31st January, 2026 RKS