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The Supply Of Essential Commodities To Fair Price Shop Cannot Be Stopped During Enquiry Unless The Authorization Is Cancelled: Andhra Pradesh High Court
Jagriti Sanghi
18 March 2022 2:27 PM IST
In a recent case, a writ petition was filed questioning the action of respondents in not allotting the essential commodities to the petitioners who runs a Fair Price Shop for distribution to the cardholders during subsistence of authorization pertaining to the shop as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner was appointed as permanent dealer for the subject shop. The Deputy...
In a recent case, a writ petition was filed questioning the action of respondents in not allotting the essential commodities to the petitioners who runs a Fair Price Shop for distribution to the cardholders during subsistence of authorization pertaining to the shop as illegal and arbitrary.
The petitioner was appointed as permanent dealer for the subject shop. The Deputy Tehsildar and other officers inspected the shop and did not find any variations but seized the available stock as there was shortage of quantities of sugar, rice, dal etc. A show-cause notice was issued to the petitioner to which he replied but did not receive any communication from the respondents. However, the respondents did not supply essential commodities to the Petitioner even though the authorization of the petitioner was neither suspended nor cancelled.
The court directed the respondents to supply the essential commodities to the petitioner's fair price shop as long as the authorization was subsisting. But the court also noted that this order would not preclude the respondents from conducting enquiry against the petitioner in accordance with law.
Case Title : Kommineni Venkateswara Rao, Versus The State of Andhra Pradesh
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (AP) 31
