IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 23758 of 2008 Between: Badineni Rajender S/o. Rajamallu Dharmapuri Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to the Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, rep. by its Secretary, Budha Bhavan, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector (Panchayat Wing), Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 4 The Zilla Praja Parishad, Karimnagar, rep. by its Chief Executive Officer, Karimnagar. 5 The Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), Jagtial, Karimnagar Dist. 6 The Mandal Praja Parishad Dharmapuri, rep. by its Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Dharmapuri Mandal, Dharmapuri, Karimnagar District. 7 Soulla Bheemaiah S/o. Erraiah Dharmapuri Proper & Mandal, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the respondents no.1 to 6 to take steps forthwith for filling up the vacancy of president Mandal Praja Parishad, Dharmapuri Mandal, Karimnagar District in accordance with the section.153 of the A.P. Panchayath Raj Act and Rules made there under i.e the Andhra Pradesh Conduct of Election of Member (co-opted) president and vice president of Mandal Praja Parishad and Member (co-opted), chairperson and vice-chair person of Zilla Praja parishad Rules, 2006 issued vide G.O.Ms.No.173 Panchayath Raj and Rural Development (Elec. & Rules) dated 10-5-2006 with in one week from the date of the order by duly declaring the action of the respondents no.1 to 6 in not taking any steps for filling up of the vacancy of the president caused in Mandal Praja Parishad, Dharmapuri, Karimnagar District as arbitrary, illegal, null and void and violative of the provisions of the A.P. Panchayath Raj Act and the rules framed there under and also violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.VENUMADHAV Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to respondents 1 to 6 to forthwith take steps for filling up the vacancy of President of Mandal Praja Parishad, Dharmapuri Mandal, Karimnagar District in accordance with Section 153 of the A.P.Panchayat Raj Act and the rules made thereunder. Today, when the matter is taken up, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that pursuant to the directions of this Court dated 7.11.2008, the petitioner has been elected as the President of the Mandal Praja Parishad, Dharmapuri Mandal, Karimnagar District and, therefore, no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as requiring no further orders. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.3.6.2009 msv