IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 26190 of 2008 Between: 1 Kochiri Raja Shekar S/o.late Rattaiah R/o. 3-40, Malapalle, Lingapuram Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Kochiri Usha Rani W/o.K.Raja Sekhar R/o. 3-40, Malapalle, Lingapuram Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Election Commission of India, rep. by its Secretary, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi - 110 001. 2 The Chief Electoral Officer of A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The District Election Authority/District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District. 4 The Electoral Registration Officer/ Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur Division, Guntur. 5 The Asst. Electoral Registration Officer/Tahsildar, Amaravathi Mandal, Amaravathi, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 an appropriate order or direction especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent authorities in not registering the names of the petitioners in the Electoral Rolls-2008 of Lingapuram Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District (Pedakurapadu Assembly Constituency and Narasaraopet Parliamentary Constituency) as illegal, contrary to law, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to register the names of the petitioners in the Electoral Rolls-2008 of Lingapuram Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District (Pedakurapadu Assembly Constituency and Narasaraopet Parliamentary Constituency) and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VENKATESWARLU POSANI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.C.P.SARATHY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) The grievance ventilated in the petition is with regard to non- inclusion of the names of the petitioners in the Electoral Rolls. In our opinion, this is not a public interest litigation. Learned Advocate Sri Sarathy appearing for respondents 4 and 5 has submitted that if a representation is made by the petitioners, the same would be surely considered. In the circumstances, though it is a public interest litigation, in the interest of justice, we direct respondents 4 and 5 to look into the representations submitted by the petitioners on 14-8-2008 and 14-10- 2008 so as to see that the names of the petitioners are included in the list if they are eligible otherwise. In view of the above direction, the grievance ventilated in the petition would not survive. The petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs. A copy of this order be served upon respondents 4 and 5. ____________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ __________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 1st December, 2008. GRR