IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 27743 of 2008 Between: 1 Dr. K.M. Ahmed S/o. Rasheed Uddin Ahmed Welfare Association. R/o. H.No. 8-5-31, Amer Nagar, Karimnagar - 505 001. 2 Amina Begum W/o. Dr. K.M. Ahmed Cell of TDP. R/o. H.No. 8-5-32, Ahmed Nagar, Karimnagar - 505 001. 3 Akula Chandraiah S/o. Akula Kankaiah, Village & Post: Arepally, District & Mandal: Karimnagar. 4 Padam Santhosh S/o. Rajamallu, H.No. 1-152, Village & Post: Sithrampur, Mandal: Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 State Election Commissioner Rep. by its Secretary, III Floor, Buddha Bhavan, M.G. Road, Secunderabad - 500 003. 2 Sri Konedla Chiranjeevi Chief of Praja Rajyam Party R/o. Near Ambedkar University, Jubilee Hills, Road No. 46, Hyderabad. .....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 order or direction more particularly a writ in the nature of writ of mandamus to direct the 1st respondent not to register the party formed by the 2nd respondent in the name of "Praja Rajyam Party" as Political Party, in interest to of public at large. Counsel for the Petitioners : PARTY-IN-PERSON Counsel for the Respondents : MR.V.V.PRABHAKARA RAO The Court made the following : ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Anil R.Dave, CJ) This is a public interest litigation, wherein the petitioners have prayed that respondent No.2 should not be registered by respondent No.1 as a political party. It has been submitted in the affidavit supporting the writ petition that a letter dated 1st December 2008 was addressed to respondent No.1, but no action has been taken in pursuance there of. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.1 has submitted that respondent No.1 would look into the matter and take appropriate decision and convey the same to the concerned petitioner. In our opinion, the prayer made in the writ petition cannot be granted for the reason that respondent No.2 has already been registered as a political party. The petition is, therefore, disposed of as rejected. _________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 22nd December 2008 ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J ajr