IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16940 of 2008 Between: Smt.N.Madhuri W/o.Sri N.Venkatesh Keesara Gram panchayat, Ranga reddyDistrict ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Appellate Authority, (Under Panchayat Raj Act) through Principal Secretary,Panchayat Raj, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The District Collector (Panchayat Wing) Ranga Reddy District at Kharitabad, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS 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 writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the appellate authority in not disposing of the appeal with interlocutory application ﬁled by the petitioner under Sec.249(7) of AP Panchayat Raj Act against the orders passed by the 2nd respondent in ﬁle No..4110/2007- B.1(Panchayat) dated 15.7.2008 removing petitioner from the oﬃce of Sarpanch, Keesara Gram Panchayat Ranga Reddy District as arbitrary, illegal, and consequently pleased to direct the appellate authority to dispose of the said appeal according to law. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.VIJAY KUMAR HEROOR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16940 of 2008 O R D E R: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj appearing for the respondents. The material placed before this Court shows that the petitioner preferred an appeal under Section 249(7) of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 on 22-07-2008 before the first respondent. Along with the appeal, he also ﬁled an application seeking interim stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the order passed by the District Collector, Panchayat Wing, dated 15-07-2008. Alleging that no orders have been passed by the ﬁrst respondent so far, the present writ petition is filed. The petitioner apprehends that meanwhile, the order of the District Collector, Panchayat Wing, is likely to be implemented. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view that the statutory appeal is pending before the ﬁrst respondent, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to dispose of the application for stay ﬁled by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the order passed by the District Collector, Panchayat Wing, Ranga Reddy District, dated 15-07-2008, shall not be given effect to. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 05-08-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire. B/o KLP