IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 17456 of 2008 Between: Vanima Rudra Bhaskar Rao S/o. Peddiraju R/o. Anakoderru Village, Bhimavaram (M), West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by District Collector (Panchayat Raj), West Godavari District, Eluru, West Godavari District. 2 The District Panchayat Officer, West Godavari District, Eluru, West Godavari District. 3 The Divisional Panchayat Officer, Narsapuram Division, Narsapuram, West Godavari District. 4 The Sub-Treasury Officer, Bhimavaram, West Godavari 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 order or orders, direction or directions, writ or writs particularly Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.2 in issuing orders vide R.C.No.2142/2008, A1 (Panchayat) dated 05.05.2008 is illegal, arbitrary and against the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 to the extent of imposing a condition of counter signature of the Divisional Panchayathi Oﬃcer on the cheques issued by the Gram Panchayathi, Anakoderru Village, Bhimavaram (M), West Godavari District. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.L.N.SWAMY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 17456 of 2008 O R D E R: Petitioner herein is the elected Sarpanch of Anakoderu Grampanchayat, Bhimavaram Mandal, West Godavari District. On the basis of reports submitted by the 3rd respondent-Divisional Panchayat Oﬃcer, dated 06-10-2007 and 29-11-2007, the 2nd respondent issued a show cause notice dated 05-05- 2008 calling upon the petitioner to show cause as to why he should not be prohibited from drawing the money of the Grampanchayat in exercise of the powers under Rule 42(1) of the Rules made under G.O.Ms.No.30 dated 20-01- 1995. Under the said order, the 2nd respondent also directed the treasury not to accept any cheques of the Gram Panchayat in the absence of the counter signature of the Divisional Panchayat Oﬃcer. The petitioner states that in response to the said show cause notice, though he has already submitted his explanation, the respondents failed to proceed further and the enquiry has not yet been concluded. Aggrieved by the said inaction on the part of the respondents, the present writ petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the proceedings dated 05-05-2008 are arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj appearing for the respondents. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, though I do not ﬁnd any justiﬁable reason to interfere with the impugned proceedings, keeping in view that the enquiry is pending for the past more than three months, there shall be a direction to the 2nd respondent to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date:12-08-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in two days. B/o KLP