ORDER :

The petitioner, who is a permanent Fair Price Shop dealer, filed this writ petition questioning the proceedings dated 25.07.2019 passed by the 2nd respondent, whereby the 5th respondent was appointed as a temporary Fair Price Shop dealer for Shop No.1062036 of Thotakanuma Village, Venkatagiri Kota Mandal, Chittoor District terminating the temporary Fair Price Shop dealer by name Smt. Suseelamma W/o.K.N.Balasundaram, on temporary arrangement, without issuing notice and without following the procedure as contemplated under the provisions of Clause 8(4) of the Andhra Pradesh State Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2018 (for short ‘Control Order, 2018’), as illegal and arbitrary.

2. The case of the petitioner is that she was appointed as a permanent Fair Price Shop dealer for Shop No.1062036 of Thotakanuma Village, Venkatagiri Kota Mandal, Chittoor District. She was also issued authorization and the same is valid upto 31.03.2020. Since then, she has been running the shop as per the instructions issued by the authorities from time to time and distributing the essential commodities without any complaint. While things stood thus, on 12.07.2019, the revenue authori