ORDER :

In this writ petition, the petitioners sought a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 5th respondent in seizing of 260 bags of rice each weighing 50 Kgs. belonging to the 1st petitioner and the Eicher transport vehicle bearing registration No.AP02 TA 7269 belonging to the 2nd petitioner under the cover of panchanama/mediator report dated 01.04.2021, as being illegal, arbitrary and without any authority of law or jurisdiction and contrary to the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) and the Andhra Pradesh State Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2018 (for short ‘the Control Order, 2018’) besides violative of the provisions of Article 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to set aside the same with a direction to the respondents not to take any action in pursuance of the illegal seizure.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondents 4 and 5 and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing for the respondents 1 to 3.

3. The facts of the case are that the 1st petitioner is the proprietor of the firm st