IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No. 11752 of 2008 Between: Bala Hanumanthu S/o.Bala Ayyanna Srirangapuram Village, Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District ... PETITIONER AND 1) A.Murali, Director, The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, II Floor, HUDA Heritage office complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad 2) The District Collector/District Project Co-ordinator, Kurnool ...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 or order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus a. declaring the action of the respondents in not complying/action under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 as arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and amounts to abdication of duty under the said Act; b. directing the respondents herein to conduct an open enquiry in the villages of Srirangapuram Gram Panchayat and Hamlets of Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District in respect of misuse or misappropriation of the funds allotted under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to ascertain the truth and punish the erring government oﬃcials who are concerned in the said swindle in the interest of the poor and deserving rural unemployed persons who are with a fond hope of getting some beneﬁt or the other under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MD.SHARFUDDIN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: O R D E R: (Per Shri Anil R. Dave, Chief Justice) 1. In this public interest litigation, the petitioner has made a grievance that provisions of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 have not been properly complied with by the respondents. 2. In pursuance of notice issued by this Court, the learned Government Pleader has placed a copy of order dated 18.7.2008 passed by District Collector/DPC, NREGS, DWMA, Kurnool placing Additional P.O., Mandal Parishad, Veldurthy under suspension because of the irregularities committed by him. 3. The above facts denote that action is being taken by the government authorities in pursuance of the petition filed by the petitioner. 4. In view of the above development, in our opinion, the grievance ventilated in the petition has already been redressed and as the government is doing the needful, nothing survives in the petition and is accordingly disposed of. 5. We are sure that appropriate action will be taken by the concerned Collectors to see that those who are committing irregularities are properly dealt with. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ September 01, 2008 R. SUBHASH REDDY, J svs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}