THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7406 of 2009 Between: Raju Yedukondalu S/o.Sriramulu Reddy Rajubangarupalem Salt Workers Co-op. Production and Sales Society, R/o. Rajubangarupalem Village, Chinnaganjam (Post & Mandal), Chirala, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The General Manager, District Industries Centre, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 The President, Rajubangarupalem Salt Workers Co-op. Production and Sales Society, R/o.Rajubangarupalem Village, Chinnaganjam (Post & Mandal), Chirala, Prakasam District. 3 The Vice-President, Rajubangarupalem Salt Workers Co-op. Production and Sales Society, R/o.Rajubangarupalem Village, Chinnaganjam (Post & Mandal), Chirala, Prakasam District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Ms. A.MALATHI Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR COOPERATION The Court made the following : O R D E R: In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that respondents 2 and 3 are not paying salaries to him. From the perusal of the averments contained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it is evident that respondents 2 and 3 are merely Cooperative Societies. No pleadings are raised to the effect that either of these two respondents answers the description of “State” within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, respondents 2 and 3, against whom the relief is claimed in the writ petition, are not amenable to the writ jurisdiction of this Court. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail any other remedy available to him in law. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP No.9706 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 9th April, 2009 vrn