IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.4720 of 2008 Between: Saladi Venkateshwara Rao S/o. Satyanarayana Murthy R/o. Tapeswaram Village, Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P., Rep. by its Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Employment, Panchayat Raj Bhavan, Himayathnagar, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector, East Godavari District at Kakinada. 3 Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 4 S.C. Corporation East Godavari District at Kakinada. Rep. by its Executive Director. 5 Mandal Praja Parishad, Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District. Rep. by its MPDO. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking action on the representation submitted the petitioner requesting to enquire into the mis-utilization of SGRY fund and SC Corporation funds of 2003-2004 alleged to have been disbursed to the 19 beneficiaries of Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District having noticed the irregularities and issued proceedings dated 25.11.2004, 17.11.2004, 09.08.2007 etc as illegal, arbitrary and consequently directing the respondents to take action against the middle men and also the concerned involved in the misuse of funds and also collect the loss of amount from the concerned and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.V.S.PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.4720 of 2008 O R D E R The petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition with the following prayer: “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 writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking action on the representation submitted the petitioner requesting to enquire into the mis-utilization of SGRY fund and SC Corporation funds of 2003-2004 alleged to have been disbursed to the 19 beneficiaries of Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District having noticed the irregularities and issued proceedings dated 25.11.2004, 17.11.2004, 09.08.2007 etc as illegal, arbitrary and consequently directing the respondents to take action against the middle men and also the concerned involved in the misuse of funds and also collect the loss of amount from the concerned and pass such other order or orders.” Heard both the counsel. Inasmuch as there was inaction on the part of the authorities, the petitioner gave a representation to the Prime Minister and others. Pursuant thereto, it appears the representation was referred to the 2nd respondent by the Office of the Chief Minister in the month of April, 2007, inspite of the same, since the 2nd respondent did not initiate any action, the petitioner came up with the above writ petition. Having regard to these facts, without going into merits or otherwise of the matter, the 2nd respondent is hereby directed to consider the said representation and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. --------------------------------------- GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 7th MARCH, 2008 PGS To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.4720 of 2008 7th MARCH, 2008