ANIL R. DAVE, CJ :- The appellants are the original petitioners who have challenged the validity of a common order dated 26th August, 2008 passed in Writ Petition No.1 8003 of 2008 and other allied matters.

2. The appeals are admitted and at the request of the learned Advocates, they are finally heard and decided by this common judgment.

3. The facts giving rise to the present appeals in a nutshell are as under. As a common order passed by the learned Single Judge is challenged in these appeals, for the sake of convenience, the facts of Writ Appeal No.936 of 2008 are taken into consideration.

4. The Deputy Tahsildar, Girvel had inspected a Warehouse of ANC Agro Mills/ ANI Warehouse Services situated at Noonepally, Kurnool District, on the basis of some information received with regard to storage/hoarding of Red Gram in benami names and had found that Red Gram had been stored in the said warehouse. He had found that the said food grains namely, Red Gram was stored in the warehouse by some unknown traders in the name of benami farmers. He had seized the stock of Red Gram on 24.7.2008 and it was kept in custody of Sri Atmakur Subramanyam Setty, Managing Partner of Sri Laxmi Agro