HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.31365 of 1997 Between: Kokkiligadda Venkateswara Rao ……Petitioner And Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad and seven others ……Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the Petitioners : None Counsel for the Respondents : None November 09, 2006 Per G.S. SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “It is therefore prayed that the Hon’ble court may be pleased to issue an order or direction or writ specially one writ of mandamus declaring the proviso to sub section 4 of section 4 of A.P.Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 1997 as ultra virus and unconstitutional and consequently setting aside the order of postponement of elections issued by respondent no.1 in proceedings no.20973/CAD.IV/97 dt. 3-7-97 by directing respondents to conduct elections to President, 95- Gangidipalem Water User Association, Tenali division, Guntur District by continuing election process before conducting elections of President of 2 Distributory committee, Tenali Division (intermediate level) Guntur District under the provisions of A.P.Farmers Management of Irrigation System, Act, 1977 and pass such other or further orders as the Hon’ble court deems fit and proper”. Since no one has appeared for the petitioner, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed in default. Ordered accordingly. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 08-11-2006 ks