IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 11270 of 2009 Between: Smt.N.Madhuri W/o.Sri N.Venkatesh R/o.H.No.3-150, Keesara Village & Mandal, R.R. District. ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, R.R. District at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the Show Cause Notice No. 159/2009-B1 (Pts), dt. 29.5.2009 issued to the Petitioner by the Respondent as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to Sec.249(1) of A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and without jurisdiction and set aside the same and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.RAGHU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : O R D E R:- This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the Show Cause Notice dated 29.5.2009 issued by the respondent to the petitioner, as arbitrary and illegal and contrary to the provisions of Section 249(1) of A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj appearing for the respondent and perused the material placed on record. Though the petitioner contends that the impugned order is in the nature of final order and does not reveal any allegation of abuse of power or misconduct by her so as to attract the provisions of Section 249(1) of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, the fact remains, the impugned order is not a final order, but is only a Show Cause Notice, calling upon the petitioner to submit her explanation as indicated in the Notice, and in the event of her failure to submit explanation within the stipulated time, then action will be initiated against her. The law is well settled that no writ petition is maintainable against a Show Cause Notice. Since the impugned order is merely a Show Cause Notice, the remedy of the petitioner is to submit explanation as indicated in the Notice, but certainly the writ petition filed by her is not maintainable, and the same is liable to be dismissed. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. However, the petitioner is directed to submit her explanation to the Show Cause Notice dated 29.05.2009 raising objections, if any, and on submission of explanation, the respondent-District Collector is directed to consider the same before passing any orders. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 10th June, 2009 bcj