THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5070 of 2010 15.3.2010 Between: K.Venkata Rami Reddy, S/o.K.Ranga Reddy …Petitioner and The District Collector, Kurnool and others …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5070 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is an agriculturist of Khajipeta village of Miduthur Mandal in Kurnool District. He filed the instant writ petition seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondents 1 and 2 in not seizing the bore wells of respondents 6 and 7 and allowing respondents 8 and 9 to dig bore wells without permission and the action of respondents 4 and 5 in giving power supply to the bore wells of respondents 6 to 9 by fixing 100 KV transformer as arbitrary, illegal and unlawful. The case of petitioner is that he filed W.P.No.21190 of 2007 before this Court questioning the orders dated 14.9.2007 of second respondent, namely, the Tahsildar, Miduthur Mandal, in releasing three bore wells, which were seized earlier. These belong to respondents 6 and 7. After release of bore wells, they are using electricity connections. He also complains that respondents 8 and 9 dug bore wells near petitioner’s bore wells without permission and using them with unauthorised electricity connections. On 14.7.2008 petitioner gave a complaint to fifth respondent, who allegedly enquired the matter and finding that electricity connections were illegal, disconnected wires. On the very next day, respondents 6 to 9 again used illegal electricity connections warranting another complaint by petitioner to respondents 4 and 5. They came and disconnected illegal electricity connections. Thereafter respondents 6 to 9 again took illegal electricity connections. Petitioner again made a complaint on 24.9.2008, in vain. He also alleged that respondents 4 and 5 gave power supply by fixing 100 KV transformer from where respondents 6 to 9 took illegal electricity connections. According to the petitioner, inaction on the part of respondents 1 and 2 and respondents 4 and 5, in permitting respondents 6 to 9 in digging bore wells and/or taking illegal electricity connections, is failure to discharge the duty cast on them. After perusing the affidavit accompanying the writ petition and hearing the counsel for some length of time, the main grievance of petitioner is that bore wells dug by respondents 6 to 9 are situated at a near proximity to the bore wells dug by petitioner. Petitioner also likes this Court to believe that he dug bore wells after obtaining permission from second respondent. No such permission is placed before this Court. Secondly, to a specific question by the Court as to the provision of the law in Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002, prohibits the digging of bore wells in one’s own agricultural land when there is no notification under Section 11(1) prohibiting digging such bore wells, the petitioner’s counsel is not able to show any such provision. Indeed he accepts that there is no such notification issued prohibiting digging of bore wells in Miduthur Mandal or declaring such Mandal as overexploited area. Therefore, he cannot make out any grievance about respondents 6 to 9 digging bore wells. Insofar as electricity connections are concerned, even according to petitioner, 100 KV transformer was erected and electricity connections were given respondents to 6 to 9. This itself disproves the allegation that there is illegal connection. Even otherwise in a matter of this nature, it is better for the petitioner to approach the authorities of Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited and pursue the matter. The writ petition is devoid of any merit and is accordingly dismissed. ________________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) March 15, 2010. YS