IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.18719 of 1998 Between: Sri A.Venkata Reddy, S/o. Chinna Narayana Reddy, R/o. 1-92, C-1/B-5/3, Dwarakanagar Colony, Anantapur , Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Engineer , (NABARB) Panchayat Raj, O/o. E.N.C. (PR) Grameena Nivas Bhavan, Erramanjil Colony, Hyderabad.A.P. 2 The Superintending Engineer, O/o Supdt. Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Anantapur, Anantapur District, A.P. 3 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj (FAC) Dharmavaram Division Anantapur, Anantapur District . A.P. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a WRIT OF MANDAMUS or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction in the nature of Writ, declaring the action of the respondents (more particularly the 2nd respondent) in canceling the contract agreement for the work " Providing B.T. Road from Gugudu to Maddipalli Est. Cost Rs. 47.00 lakhs under NABARD RIDF III and forfeiting all deposits paid by him" to a tune of 1 lakh 18 thousands in proceedings No. NBI/NABI/AEE/97 dated 2-6-1998, as totally arbitrary, capricious, malafide and contrary to law, equity and justice and fair play and consequently directing the respondents to permit and facilitate with his carrying out the operations of laying B.T. Roads from Gugudu to Maddipalli as per agreement in No.2/97-98 dated 5-12-1997. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. A. RAMA SUBBAIAH (Not Present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT. The Court made the following: ORDER: As there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner on 23.02.2005, the matter was directed to be listed for dismissal. Today also when the matter is called, none appears for the petitioner, nor there is any representation on his behalf. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 24.02.2005 Tvk ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Chief Engineer , (NABARB) Panchayat Raj, O/o. E.N.C. (PR) Grameena Nivas Bhavan, Erramanjil Colony, Hyderabad.A.P. 2 The Superintending Engineer, O/o Supdt. Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Anantapur, Anantapur District, A.P. 3 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj (FAC) Dharmavaram Division Anantapur, Anantapur District . A.P. 4 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{GSNM}