1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent, heard finally.

2. This petition takes exception to the order date 13.10.2011, passed by the Minister for Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection, Maharashtra, State, Mantralaya, Mumbai in Revision No. VAM-1011/P.K./179/N.P.21.

3. The background facts, which lead to institute the present writ petition, as disclosed in writ petition, in nutshell, are as under:-

a) The petitioners herein are the card holders of the fair price shop of respondent No.4 and on the basis of the complaints made by the petitioners and other villagers, the licence to run the said fair price shop has been cancelled. The said fair price shop was allotted in favour of respondent No.4 for village Mendha. Respondent No.4 was selling the food grains at higher rate and was giving less quantity of food grains to the card holders. He was also selling the food grains and kerosene in black market. Therefore, the petitioners and other card holders made complaints against respondent No.4 to the respondent authorities.

b) After receipt of the complaint, the Tahsildar, Osmanabad made Enquiry and during the course of enquiry it is found that, there was exces