IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.363 of 2011 Between: Jada Koteswari ..... Petitioner AND The State of AP, rep., by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Hydeabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri P.S.P. Suresh Kumar Counsel for respondents 1-4: GP for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.363 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.5 in not passing orders on the stay application filed by the petitioner in appeal filed against order dated 13.12.2010 passed by respondent No.2, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri P.S.P. Suresh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. The petitioner, who is an elected Sarpanch, was removed by order dated 13.12.2010 of respondent No.2 on certain charges of misappropriation of Gram Panchayat funds. Feeling aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner claimed to have filed an appeal before respondent No.5 on 29.12.2010 along with an application for stay. The grievance of the petitioner is that despite passage of substantial time, respondent No.5, the appellate authority, has not passed order on the stay application. In the light of the above facts, it is appropriate that respondent No.5 disposes of the petitioner’s stay application at the earliest possible time. Accordingly, respondent No.5 is directed to dispose of the stay application in the appeal said to have been filed by the petitioner, if the same was already received, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.458 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 19.01.2011 NOTE:- Issue CC in five days. ES