IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 2550 of 2005 Between: 1 G.Pruthvidhar Rao S/o Rajeshwar Rao All are residing in Pedduru Village of Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. 2 Adepalli Devaiah Goud S/o Ramachandram, All are residing in Pedduru Village of Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. 3 Gandra Jayasimha Rao S/o Ananda Rao All are residing in Pedduru Village of Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. 4 Pochampalli Ellaiah S/o Narsaiah All are residing in Pedduru Village of Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. 5 Gandra Ananda Rao S/o Jagga Rao All are residing in Pedduru Village of Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The State of AP., rep.by its District Collector, Karimnagar, 2 The Chief Engineer, Rural Water Supply, Erram Manzil, Hydeabad. 3 The Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply, Collectorate Complex,. karimnagar, 4 Deputy Executive Engineer RWS Sub Division, Gopalnagar, Sircilla, Karimnagar District. 5 Assistant Executive Engineer , RWS, Gopalnagar, Sircilla, Karimnagar District. 6 Works Committee, Pedduru Village, Sircilla Mandal through its Chairperson, Sarpanch, Gran Panchayath, Pedduru Village, Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. 7 B.Satyanarayana Rao S/o Agam Rao H.No.6-4-70, Vidyanagar, Sircilla, Karimnagar district. 8 Gram Panchayath Pedduru Village, Sricilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. Represented by Panchayath Secretary. 9 Works Committee of Pedduru Village, Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District rep.by its Smt. Chennamaneni Kirthi W/o Kamalakar Rao Age 32 yerars, Peddur Village, Sricilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. 10 Deputy Executive Engineer, Quality Control, Officer of Zilla Parishad, Karimnagar. .....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 order, direction ore writ more in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 to 6 in not taking action for reconstruction of trenches for laying main pipe line from the well in river Manair to the water tank and distributary pipe line from water tank for public use as per the specifications and estimate at peddur village of Sricilla Village at Karimnagar District as bad, arbitrary, illegal, and to set aside the same consequently directing the respondents No.7 and 9 to execute the earthwork in accordance with the sanctioned scheme and estimate or be pleased to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem think fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.RAMESH SAGAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI W.P.NO.2550 2005 ORAL ORDER The petitioners herein are agriculturists of different extents of land situated in Pedduru village of Sircilla Mandal, Karimnagar District. It is not in dispute that the Government has constructed a drinking water tank of the capacity of 1,25,000 liters in Pedduru village about five(5) years ago. In order to supply the water to the tank a big open well was dug in the Manair river and the Government has sanctioned a scheme for laying a PVC pipe line for drawing water from the said well to the water tank. Administrative sanction for a sum of Rs.2 lacs for the said work, known as extension of pipe line to PWS scheme at Pedduru village was granted by the Chief Engineer, Rural Water Supply, Hyderabad on 10-03-2004 duly specifying the length of the main pipe line to be laid as 1520 meters as well as the other specifications for excavation of the earth work and digging trenches. The execution of the said work was entrusted to the 7th respondent. It is alleged by the petitioners that the 7th respondent in order to gain unfair advantage dug the trenches for laying the pipe lines to a width of 0.3 meter(15 inches ) and depth of 0.6 meters (20 inches) as against the estimated width of 0.75 meters (30 inches) and depth of 1 meter (39 inches). Though the petitioner raised an objection and requested the 7th respondent to dig the trenches as per the specifications and appraise him about the sanctioned specifications he failed to follow the same. Similarly the work for laying distribution lines with PVC pipes from the tank for supply of water to the village for which an administrative sanction was granted on 20-08-2004 was also not properly executed as per the specifications. In the circumstances the petitioners made representations dated.05-01-2005 and 07.01.2005 bringing the above said lapses to the notice of the respondents 4 and 1 and requesting them to take necessary action. Since the request of the petitioners was not considered, the present writ petition has been filed. In the counter-affidavit filed by the 4th respondent the fact that while according sanction for extension of pipeline to the protected water supply scheme to Pedduru the specifications for laying the pipeline were also specified has not been denied. Having regard to the said undisputed fact and keeping in view the allegations made by the petitioners in their representations dated.05-01- 2005 and 07-01-2005 pointing out several lapses in execution of the work entrusted to the respective contractors, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider the representations of the petitioners and take appropriate action after conducting the necessary enquiry with regard to the lapses pointed out by the petitioners. Such enquiry shall be completed and appropriate orders shall be passed as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of eight(8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. No costs. ____________ G.ROHINI,J 27TH November,2008 *TSNR