THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8464 of 2010 Dated:16.04.2010 Between: Gurrala Chandra Reddy, And another. …Petitioners and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, A.P., And others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8464 of 2010 ORDER: The two petitioners are residents of Mustabad Village in Karimnagar District. They are aggrieved by the inaction of respondent No.2 in initiating necessary action against respondent No.5 under Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Penal Code, 1860, who has allegedly kept sheep in the residential colony. This Court heard the Counsel for the petitioners, Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Standing Counsel for Panchayats. There is no dispute that respondent No.5 purchased a house site/plot admeasuring 240 square yards from one Balaiah. This property is situated on the left side of the petitioners’ house, who belong to joint family. When respondent No.5 started keeping and raring sheep in the plot, it appears, petitioners and others gave a complaint to respondent No.2 on 15.02.2010. Based on the same, respondent No.2 issued a memo dated 02.03.2010 directing respondent No.5 to remove the sheep. Alleging that no further action is being taken to implement the same, the present writ petition is filed. A perusal of the memo dated 02.03.2010 issued by respondent No.2 would show that the same was issued without notice to respondent No.5. Secondly, there is no provision in the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, which prohibits raring sheep in the plot belonging to a person nor the petitioners have placed before this Court any such notification. It may also be mentioned that either in the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (see Section 255), or in the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act (see Section 92), the power is given to the competent Chief Executive by the local authority to destroy the pigs and dogs and there is no prohibition for rearing the sheep. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to grant any direction. The petitioners may pursue the matter with the respondents. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 16.04.2010 vs