IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 25673 of 2007 Between: 1 K. Hari Prasada Rao S/o Rama Rao 2 Purnam yakaiah S/o Pullaiah 3 Purnam Ramamurthy S/o Pullaiah 4 Koripally Ramesh S/o Venkata Mallu 5 Medi Kalavathi W/o Somalingam Sarpanch, Gam Panchayat, K. Somavaram (V), 6 Sankapally Swathi W/o Mano Rajareddy MPTC., K. Somavaram.. All are farmers R/o Kunduru Somavaram (V), H/o. Jamisthanpuram Revenue Village, Thorruru Mandal, Warangal District. .....Petitioners And 1 The Chief Secretary, A.P., Hyderabad, 2 The Principal Secretary, Mines & Geology, A.P., Hyderabad. 3 The Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj A.P., Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, RWS(PR), A.P. at Erram Manzil Colony, Hyderabad. 5 The Director, Vigilence & Enforcement Cell, BRKR Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 6 The District Collector, Warangal District at Warangal. 7 The Director of Mines & Geology, BRKR Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 8 The Superintending Engineer, RWS(PR), Nakkalagutta, Warangal. 9 The Executive Engineer, RWS (PR) Nakkalagutta, Warangal. 10 The Divisional Engineer, Thorrur, Warangal, District. 11 Sri venkateswara Reddy Managing Director/Contractor of Kaveri Polimers Co., Industrusal Area, Rampur, Warangal, .....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 an appropriate Writ, order, or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus directing the official respondents to cancel the works sanctioned to the contractor in respect of the summer storage tank at K. Somavaram Village, Vide Contract Agreement No. SERWS/WGL/ /2006-07 dt.17-02-2007 in respect of the work summer Storage Tank at K. Somavaram Village vide Contract Agreement No. SERWS/WGL/ /2006-07 dated 17-02- 2007 in respect of the work Summer Storage Tank at Jamisthanpur, H/o. Somaram Village, Thorruru Mandal, Warangal District and pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the petitioner : Mr. G.L. Narasimha Rao & Associates Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 4 : Government Pleader for Panchayat and 8 to 10 & Rural Development. Counsel for respondent No.7 : Government Pleader for Mines & Geology. The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Anil R. Dave, C.J.) By virtue of this public interest litigation, the petitioners, who are farmers residing at Kunduru Somavaram Village, hamlet of Jamisthanpuram Village, have made a grievance that the contract given to respondent No.11 for construction of a summer storage tank at K. Somavaram Village, be cancelled as respondent No.11, the contractor, had violated the conditions of contract. It has been submitted that respondent No.11 contractor had to bring sand for the purpose of construction of the storage tank from Eturunagaram, but instead of the said place, he has been excavating sand from a nearby place viz., Akeru Vagu and thereby he has violated the terms of the contract. Upon hearing the learned Advocates and looking to the facts of the case, we find that the contract, which is subject matter of this petition, was entered into around 17th February, 2007, and the said contract is for twelve months. It, prima facie, appears that by efflux of time, the contract has come to an end. If the contract has been extended, we are sure that respondent No.8 will look into the representation made by the petitioners with regard to the aforesaid allegation and shall do the needful in accordance with law. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj has fairly submitted that the representation made by the petitioners shall be properly looked into and if any substance is found therein, appropriate action shall be taken in accordance with law. In view of the above facts, in our opinion, the grievance ventilated in the petition does not survive. The petition is, therefore, disposed of with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 15th April, 2008 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. ….REGISTRAR To 1 The Chief Secretary, A.P., Hyderabad, 2 The Principal Secretary, Mines & Geology, A.P., Hyderabad. 3 The Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj A.P., Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer, RWS(PR), A.P. at Erram Manzil Colony, Hyderabad. 5 The Director, Vigilance & Enforcement Cell, BRKR Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 6 The District Collector, Warangal District at Warangal. 7 The Director of Mines & Geology, BRKR Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 8 The Superintending Engineer, RWS(PR), Nakkalagutta, Warangal. 9 The Executive Engineer, RWS (PR) Nakkalagutta, Warangal. 10 The Divisional Engineer, Thorrur, Warangal, District. 11 The Govt. Pleader for Panchayat Raj, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 12 The Govt. Pleader for Mines & Geology, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 13 Two C.D. copies. ARS