HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION NO.14255 OF 2006 Between: Yarlagadda Vijaya Lakshmi ..... Petitioner AND The District Collector, (PW), Guntur and others .....Respondents :: O R D E R:: Counsel for the Petitioner : None Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 : Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj Counsel for Respondent No.4 : Shri M. Prabhakar Rao Counsel for Respondent No.5 : Shri V.V. Prabhakar Rao Dated: 02.08.2006 Per G.S.SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “ The petitioner herein prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in depriving the rights of O.C. woman candidates’ rights for the post of Sarpanch as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Sections 9 and 15 of the A.P. Gram Panchayat Act and consequently, direct the respondents to provide reservations in favour of the O.C. Woman in the village of Aravapalli of Repalle Mandal.” Since no one has appeared for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed in default. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.17751 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 02.08.2006 ksld