IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1644 of 2008 Between: Lankireddy Basivi Reddy S/o Basivi Reddy r/o Vallabhapuram Village, Kollipara Mandal Guntur district. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep by District Collector, Guntur District, Guntur 2 The Commissioner CAD & Election Authority I&CAD Department, jalasoudha Building, Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 3 The District Election Authority for Water Users Association C/o Collectrate, Guntur District, Guntur. 4 The Tahsildar, Vemuru Mandal, Vemuru, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.V.ANANTHA KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare election notification, dated 21.01.2008 in respect of District Committee No.33 of Vemuru Water Users Association as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner conceded that after filing of the writ petition, elections were already held. Under Rule 148 of the Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2003 (for short ‘the Rules’), no election held under the Act whether of a member of Territorial Constituency or President or Vice-President of a Water Users Association, President or Vice-President of Distributory Committee or Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Project Committee shall be called in question except by an election petition presented in accordance with the said Rules to the Election Tribunal. Under Rule 149 of the Rules, the District Munsif, if there is more than one District Munsif, the Principal District Munsif having territorial jurisdiction over the place, in which the office of the Water Users Association is located, is vested with the power of the Election Tribunal. Since the petitioner has an effective alternative remedy of filing an Election Petition, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the District Munsif /Principal District Munsif having jurisdiction, with an election petition. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.2040 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 25th MARCH, 2008 kvni