In all these writ petitions the licences of the respective dealers who are the petitioners herein have been cancelled by the Revenue Divisional Officer by the orders impugned.

2. Against the said orders, the petitioners filed appeals before the Joint Collector and they are pending.

3. The contention advanced by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners is that the authorization of the fair price shops were cancelled without adhering to the procedure relating to the enquiry provided for under A.P. Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that even though appeals have been filed, the appellate authority has not been disposing of the appeals and therefore, pending disposal of the appeals before the appellate authority, the order of cancellation of authorization is required to be suspended in these writ petitions. The basis for the argument is that since no enquiry has been held in accordance with the procedure prescribed under the relevant control order, the impugned order has to be suspended.

4. Reliance is placed by the learned counsel for the petitioners on the following judgments:

1. M.KALYA