IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No: 23275 of 2004 Between: Uppala Kishan, S/o. Venkaiah, Chandur, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 District Co. Operative Officer, Nalgonda District. 2 Divisional Cooperative Officer, Nalgonda. 3 Branch Manager, Nalgonda District Cooperative- Central Bank, Munagode Branch, Nalgonda 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 may be pleased to issued by the 1st respondent in G.O.Rt.No.606, Agriculture and Cooperation Department, dt. 3.7.2004 directing to appoint official persons in charge committees in place of elected managing committees of the Farmers Service Cooperative Societies and the consequential orders issued by the 1st respondent in Rc.No.465/2004-C, dt. 8.7.2004 as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional apart from being violative of principles of natural justice and against the mandatory provisions of section 31 of A.P. Cooperative Societies Act and the Judgment of his Honourable Court in M. Rangareddy V. State of Andhra Pradesh and another, reported in AIR 1989 AP 81 and set aside the same; consequently; ii) Direct the respondents to continue me as Chairperson of the persons incharge committee of FSCS, Chandur Village, Nalgonda District. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.LINGESWARA RAO PANDRANKI Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Cooperation The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner claims to be an elected member of the Managing Committee of the Farmers Service Cooperative Socieites Ltd., Chandur, Nalgonda District (for short ’F.S.C.S’), in the previous term. His grievance is against the appointment of persons- in-charge to the Managing Committee without conducting elections. Several directions in relation thereto are sought in this writ petition. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Cooperation. The respondents have appointed persons-in-charge to F.S.C.S., and is being extended from time to time. The legality of such an exercise was dealt with by this Court in W.P.No.12116 of 2004 and batch. The undertaking given by the Government to hold elections to all the Cooperative Societies in the State by 31.03.2005 was recorded and the writ petitions were dismissed. In that view of the matter, no further orders are necessary to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 16.12.2004 Jsu To 1 The District Cooperative Officer, Nalgonda District. 2 The Divisional Cooperative Officer, Nalgonda. 3 The Branch Manager, Nalgonda District Cooperative- Central Bank, Munagode Branch, Nalgonda District. 4 2 CD copies.