IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.3272 of 2009 Between: K. Venkateswarlu S/o. Gopal R/o. Chepur Village, Gurrampudi Mandal, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Commissioner Fisheries Dept., Mathya Bhavan, Shanti Nagar, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Director of Fisheries Nalgonda Nalgonda Dist. 3 The Assistant Director of Fisheries Nalgonda Nalgonda Dist. 4 Fishermen Cooperative Society Rep. by its President Damara Bhimanapally (V), Marriguda (M), Nalgonda Dist. .....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 issue an Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th Respondent in not passing the Resolution for bifurcation of Chepur Village, even though there is viability for bifurcation of Chepur Village from the purview of 4th Respondent Society for forming New Society following the Notice of 3rd Respondent Letter No.304/E/2008 dated 16-12-2008 is illegal, arbitrary, null and void and consequently direct the Respondents to delete the Chepur Village from the 4th Respondent Society for forming Chepur Fishermen Cooperative Society. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.BRAHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR FISHERIES The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.3272 of 2009 ORDER: It appears, petitioner is a fisherman belonging to Chepur Village, Gurrampadu Mandal of Nalgonda District and member of the 4th respondent Society. It is his case that the Chepur Village comes within the operational area of the 4th respondent Society, that there are sufficient number of tanks in that village for fishing and, therefore, himself and other fishermen of the said village submitted a representation to the respondent authorities seeking to release their village from the purview of the 4th respondent Society and form a new society for their village and that the Sarpanch of the Chepur Gram Panchayat also submitted a similar representation. Pursuant to such representations, the 3rd respondent- Assistant Director of Fisheries, Nalgonda, has issued a notice dated 16.12.2008 to the 4th respondent Society requiring it to pass a resolution releasing the Chepur Village from its purview, so as to enable the formation of a new Society for Chepur Village. The grievance of the petitioner is that in spite of such notice, no action has been initiated by the 4th respondent till date. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Fisheries. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the 4th respondent Society is directed to consider the matter and pass appropriate orders as per law within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 24th February, 2009. IBL