HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26631 of 2007 Date: December 24, 2007 Between: 1. Kola Surya Prakesh and 2 others. … Petitioners And 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary (Panchayat Raj Department) Secretariat, Hyderabad and 5 others. … Respondents * * * ORDER: The petitioners seek to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of Election Officers in considering objections filed for the draft electoral roll of Rameswaram Gram Panchayat, Pedapudi Mandal, East Godavari District, for the year 2007 for deleting dual voters, died persons and persons left the village before issuing election notification, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. It is stated that the State Election Commission issued a Notification No.509/SEC-B1/2007, dated 24.10.2007 directing the District Election Officer, East Godavari District, Kakinada, to prepare and publish electoral rolls of Gram Panchayats on 14.11.2007 falling within the jurisdiction of MPTC-Rameswaram with reference to 01.01.2007 as qualifying date duly indicating the Ward Division as required under Rule 5 of the A.P. Panchayat Raj (Preparation and Publication of Electoral Rolls) Rules, 2000. Accordingly the electoral roll was prepared and published on 14.11.2007 calling upon objections. It is stated that the objections have not been filed in the prescribed Form 6, 7 and 8B before the Electoral Registration Officer and Revenue Divisional Officer, Kakinada. Therefore, the election notification has been issued for conduct of election to the MPTC-Rameswaram vide Notification No.74/SEC-B1/2007, dated 10.12.2007, process of nomination commenced from 14.12.2007 and the date of poll is 29.12.2007. 3. As the election notification has already been issued, the petitioner is not entitled for any relief as claimed in the writ petition. 4. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ___________________ (V. ESWARAIAH, J) Date: December 24, 2007. BSB