L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) PETITIONER was appointed as a fair price shop dealer of Palkonda village of Mahaboobnagar District by the third respondent, through proceedings dated 12-1-1991. The second respondent initiated proceedings under Section 6-A of the essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short the Act ) against the petitioner before the first respondent. It was alleged that the petitioner committed certain irregularities in the matter of distribution of essential commodities. After conducting an enquiry, the first respondent passed an order dated 1-1-2005 directing confiscation of the stock seized from the petitioner and imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,746/ -. The first respondent also directed that the petitioner be removed from the dealership of the fair price shop. The petitioner challenges the order dated 1-1-2005 passed by the first respondent insofar as it relates to the direction as to his removal from the dealership.

( 2 ) SRI V. Manohar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the scope and ambit of the proceedings under section 6-A of the Act initiated before the first respondent was limited and the maximum that could have been done by the first respondent

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