HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR JUKANTI DATE OF ORDER : 20.04.2026 W.P.No.10944 of 2026 Between:

Aitha Srikanth, S/o. Aitha Krishna Aged about 45 years, Occ: Business, R/o. Flat No.102, Vasavi Rajamani Meadows, Haripuri Colony, Road No.1, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District – 500 102.

.. Petitioner And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department, secretariat, Hyderabad and three others .. Respondents

COMMON ORDER:

Writ petition No.10944 of 2026 is filed with the following prayer:

“…to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondents in seizing and continuing to retain the Petitioner’s stock of rice admeasuring 187 quintals along with the lorry bearing No.AP-16-TY-1688, pursuant to the Panchanama dated 23.12.2025 in FIR No.275 of 2025 on the file of Palakurthy Police Station, Jangaon District, as illegal, arbitrary, without authority of law and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the Respondents to forthwith release t