No rights for temporary appointees: Hyderabad High Court

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has held that a temporary ration dealer cannot demand any legal right to claim permanent dealership.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar was upheld an order of a single judge in dismissing a plea by temporary fair price shop dealer in East Godavari district.

The district collector had appointed the petitioner/ appellant as a temporary dealer to a shop in view of suspension of the existing dealer on allegations of indulging in irregularities. After the enquiry, the collector restored the dealership. In the stop gap, the petitioner was given license to run the shop.

After the restoration of license to old dealer, the petitioner moved the court and single judge dismissed the plea. The petitioner then moved an appeal.

The bench retreated the order of the single judge that the appellant has no subsisting right to challenge the order of restoration of dealership as order was passed in its favour as an adhoc and temporary measure and in fact the AP State Public Distribution System Control Order, 2001, nowhere empower to issue order of temporary appointment of dealership.

The moment the restoration of dealership is made by a valid order, the appellant ceases to have any right, the bench added.