THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI W.P. No.13269 of 2011 ORDER : Heard V.Sai Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development appearing on behalf of the Respondents 1 to 3, Sri G.Elisha, learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent No.4 and Sri K.B.Ramanna Dora, learned counsel for the respondents 5 & 7 to 10. The petitioner is one of the members of Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) of Gollaprolu Village & Mandal. He was elected as the President of the Mandal Parishad. The respondents 5 to 10 along with 11 others moved “No Confidence Motion” against the petitioner on 15-04-2011 by submitting notice in Form-II to the 3rd Respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Kakinada. The 3rd Respondent issued a notice dated 20-04-2011 in Form-V convening the meeting on 13-05-2011. At that stage the petitioner approached this Court challenging the said notice of No Confidence Motion. The petitioner has pleaded two grounds : (i) The Form-II notice issued by the member-signatories was not subjected to verification; and (ii) The respondents 5 to 10 ceased to be the members by incurring disqualification under Section 20 (b) of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. This Court by orders dated 11-05-2011 directed that the “No Confidence Motion” meeting might go on but the result shall not be announced. Respondents 5 to 10 filed a counter-affidavit. It is stated that even though their membership ceased as per the provisions of Section 20 (b), by subsequent proceedings dated 02-02-2011 their membership was restored under the provisions of Section 21 (2) of the Act. The learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj on instructions submits that the membership of the Respondents 5 to 10 was restored by orders dated 02-02-2011. The learned counsel for the petitioner while urging the aforesaid contention submits that the respondents 5 to 10 lost their membership and that they have not been restored to office. I am unable to accept the contention. The respondents 5 to 10 have placed before me a copy of the proceedings dated 02-02-2011 which shows that the respondents have been restored to the office. Section 21 (2) of the Act also provides that if a member who has suffered a disqualification under Section 20 (b) applies for restoration of his membership to the Gram Panchayat within 30 days he shall be deemed to have been restored to the membership. As regards the contention that the 3rd respondent did not subject Form-II notice to verification, it may be mentioned that it is not the case of the petitioner that the signatures appended to the said notice are not genuine. There does not appear to be any provision obligating the 3rd respondent to conduct verification. In fact in the absence of an allegation to that effect there does not appear to be any necessity to conduct verification. Thus, the Writ Petition is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 29th June, 2011. Note : Issue C.C. by 30-06-2011. B/o skmr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI W.P. No.13269 of 2011 Date : 29-06-2011 Between: Vardhanapu Veeraju .. Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh & 9 Others .. Respondents