High Court for State of TelanganaWP/33425/2017disposed of no costs

Merajoth Chandra Naik, S/O. Sitya Naik, v. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gurazala Revenue Division

2017-10-06A Ramalingeswara Rao2 pages

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO WRIT PETITION No.33425 of 2017 ORDER:

Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. The petitioner was appointed as a fair price shop dealer of Shop No.1 of Srirampuram Thanda, Veldurthy Mandal, Guntur District, in October, 2008. The authorization is subsisting till 31.03.2018. While so, the third respondent inspected the shop on 19.08.2017 and for the irregularities noticed during the inspection, 6A proceedings were initiated and they are pending. On the basis of the irregularities noticed by the third respondent, the first respondent issued a show cause notice on 22.08.2017 calling for explanation from the petitioner. The petitioner submitted his explanation on 24.08.2017. It appears that the order of suspension pending enquiry was passed on 31.08.2017 and the enquiry is pending before the first respondent. The petitioner filed an appeal against the said order before the fourth respondent and when the fourth respondent did not pass any order, the present Writ Petition is filed.

As could be seen from the above averments that pursuant to the inspection conducted on 19.08.2017, the authorization of the petitioner was suspended on 31.08.2017 and more than 35 days have elapsed by now. In all circumstances, the first

respondent should have taken up the enquiry and proceeded with the same. Since the petitioner's authorization was suspended on 31.08.2017, this Court is not inclined to grant any order in this case, but directs the first respondent to complete the enquiry by giving due opportunity to the petitioner and complete the same as expeditiously as possible, but not later than 30.11.2017.

The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. The miscellaneous petitions pending in this Writ Petition, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________________ (A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO, J) 06.10.2017 vs