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.12550 OF 2026 DATE: 22.04.2026 Between :

Kotha Kista Reddy … Petitioner A n d The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies (CS-1-CCS), Department, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad and others … Respondents

ORDER

Heard Sri L.V.S. Nagaraju, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Civil Supplies appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“…to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in taking steps for bifurcating the petitioner fair price shop situated at Pulgarcherla, Pulgarcherla Village, Weepanagandla Mandal, Wanaparthy District without any notice and contrary to the guidelines issued in G.O.Rt.No 55 Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies (CS-1-CCS) Department dated 12-05-2015 as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India consequently direct the respondents not to