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I N THE HI GH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA

WRI T PETI TI ON No.34722 OF 2025

DATE: 06.04.2026 Betw een :

Nagineni Venkanna ... Petitioner

AND The State of Telangana rep. by its Principal Secretary, Consumer affairs, Food and Civil

Supplies, T.S. Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and 2 others.

... Respondents

ORDER

Heard Sri A. Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel

appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies,

appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 3.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking

prayer as under:

“…to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS Declaring the Order dated 4-9-2025 in

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Rc.No. D/1599/2025 issued by the 2^nd respondent thereby suspending the petitioner as Fair price shop dealer of FP Shop No. 4313010 Lohitha village, Sangem Mandal, Warangal district as illegal, arbitrary, violation of Principles of natural justice and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to continue the petitioner as Fair price shop dealer of FP Shop No. 4313010 Lohitha village, Sangem Mandal,

Warangal district and pass...”

3. The case of the petitioner, in brief as per the averments made in the affidavit filed by the petitioner

in support of the present Writ Petition is as under:-

The petitioner has been working as Fair price shop

dealer of Lohitha Village, Sangem Mandal, Warangal District. The 2^nd respondent issued show cause notice dated 22.08.2025 in Rc.No.D/1599/2025 to the petitioner stating that the petitioner collected Rs.300/- to Rs.500/- from the Card holders for addition or deletion of family members and also it is alleged that petitioner had collected Rs.1500/- for sanction of new Ration Cards. The petitioner submitted his explanation on 26.08.2025. The 2^nd respondent without considering the explanation of the petitioner and without

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conducting enquiry passed an order dated 04.09.2025 in Rc.No.D/1599/2025 suspending petitioner’s authorization. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner had approached this

Court by filing the present writ petition.

4. PERUSED THE RECORD

DI SCUSSI ON AND CONCLUSI ON:

5. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner mainly puts forth the follow ing

submissions:

(1) Pursuant to show cause notice dated 22.08.2025

issued to the petitioner herein by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Warangal, the petitioner had submitted explanation dated 26.08.2025 to the respondent No.2 herein. However, without considering the explanation furnished by the petitioner in response to the show cause notice dated 22.08.2025 issued to the petitioner herein by the respondent No.2, the order impugned dated 04.09.2025 had

been issued.

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(2) The order impugned is in clear violation of

principles of natural justice.

(3) The explanation furnished by the petitioner dated

26.08.2025 to the respondent in response to the order impugned dated 04.09.2025 had not been considered at all.

(4) The petitioner was not provided with an

opportunity of hearing to put forth all the grounds in support

of petitioner’s case.

(5) To substantiate that petitioner was innocent and

he had not collected any amount as alleged by the ration card holders and the very disciplinary action initiated against the petitioner was unwarranted, the petitioner had

to be necessarily provided with reasonable opportunities.

Based on the above submissions, the learned

counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that the petitioner is entitled for the relief

as sought for in the present w rit petition

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6. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 3 fairly submits that the order impugned dated 04.09.2025 issued by the respondent No.2 herein is w ithout assigning any reasons and hence

appropriate

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