THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.631 of 2006 Dated:24.01.2006 Between: P. Raju Bhoopal, S/o. Gopal, Hindu Palmakul (V), Shamshabad Mandal, R.R. District, ..... PETITIONER AND State of A.P., rep by its Prl. Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Hyderabad, and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.631 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner is the Sarpanch of Palmakul Gram Panchayat of Shamshabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. The District Collector, the second respondent herein, initiated action under subsection (1) of Section 249 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and by proceedings dated 09.12.2005 removed the petitioner from the Office of the Sarpanch. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the first respondent on 16.12.2005. Though the appeal was accepted for consideration, interim orders are not passed. As the District Collector directed the petitioner to handover the charge with effect from 15.01.2006, the petitioner filed the instant writ petition seeking a declaration that the action of the first respondent in not suspending the impugned order is illegal. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj. It is axiomatic that when a statutory remedy is provided, and the aggrieved person has already availed the same, a writ petition ordinarily would not lie. The petitioner has already filed an appeal, and it would be proper for the petitioner to pursue the same to its logical end. Therefore, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to consider the appeal filed by the petitioner in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If the petitioner is continuing as Sarpanch as on today, there shall be status quo as on today. The Writ Petition is accordingly, disposed of. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 24.01.2006 Note: Issue C.C by tomorrow. B/o. vs