Sri MD Saleem Basha Mundi v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
AP High Court Amaravati common order 06.01.2025 by Justice B.S. Bhanumathi; W.P.Nos. 27510 of 2024 and batch (45 writ petitions) by fair price shop dealers; fair price shop bifurcation proceedings challenged as contrary to G.O.Ms.No.10 dated 03.09.2024; G.O.Ms.No.35 dated 17.09.2017 economic viability; 800-card bifurcation threshold; deceased and migrated ration cardholders; APL/BPL minimum cards; CCS circular Ref. No. 21/1/2024 dated 19-10-2024; principles of natural justice; Article 226; Articles 14, 19, 21; writ petitions disposed with impugned proceedings set aside insofar as petitioners' shops; directions on card verification, 12-month average (Sep 2023-Aug 2024), minimum allotments 450/550/650; no costs.
What did the court decide?
All the writ petitions disposed of by setting aside the proceedings impugned therein insofar as the shops of the petitioner(s), with directions to the authorities to re-examine (verification and deletion/retention of deceased cardholders' cards, 12-month average of cards availed from September 2023 to August 2024 for the 800 threshold, minimum allotments of 450/550/650 cards for rural/urban/corporation areas) and to answer each objection and pass appropriate orders within the prescribed timelines; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications closed.