IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.25067 of 2008 Between: Papareddi Manoj Kumar Reddy (Hindu) S/o. Subramanyam Reddy R/o. Gollapalem Village, Vakadu (P & M), Sree Potti Sree Ramulu Nellore Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector (Irrigation & Command Area) Nellore, Sree Potti Sree Ramulu Nellore Dist. 2 The Tahsildar, Chattamooru Mandal, Sree Potti Sree Ramulu Nellore 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus : declare the inaction on the part of the respondents in considering the representation made by the petitioner dt. 1- 11-2008 amounts to erroneous, arbitrary and violative of Article 14, 21 and 300 (A) of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to consider the representation made by the petitioner dt. 1-11-2008 by holding an enquiry forthwith and to take action against the persons mentioned in the representation. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.C.KRISHNAN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.25067 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard both sides. According to the petitioner, he is the owner of the lands in a total extent of Ac.15.00 cents in Sy.Nos.618, 626 and 627 of Yellasiri village, Chittamur Mandal of Sree Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District. It is his case that he also possesses land in Sy.No.192 of the same village besides road margin, and to irrigate the lands in the aforesaid survey numbers, he laid a filter point in Sy.No.192 and drawing water through the pipeline laid at a depth of about 5 to 10 feet under the earth. While so, due to some political diﬀerences in the village, some persons, at the instance of the Village Secretary, objected the same and tried to prevent him from drawing water through the pipeline laid by him, and therefore, he submitted a representation dated 01.11.2008 to the respondents 1 and 2, District Collector and Tahsildar respectively, seeking to take action against those persons and do the needful. The grievance of the petitioner is that the said representation has not been considered and no action has been taken thereon so far. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents 1 and 2 are directed to consider the representation purported to have been made by the petitioner on 01.11.2008 and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of three 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 19th November, 2008. Note:- Issue CC in three days. BO IBL