IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.7838 of 2005 Between: The Mandal Parishad, Atreyapuram, Reptd., by its President P.Satyanarayana Raju, S/o.Satyanarayana, Atreyapuram, East Godavari District. … Petitioner And The Government of A.P., reptd., by its Prl. Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and two others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri C.V.Bhaskar Reddy. Counsel for the respondents: ---- This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in issuing proceedings vide Ref.No.E4/6345/2003, dated -11-2004 as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary to the various provisions of the Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and the Articles 243 to 243-0 of the Constitution of India and consequentially set aside the proceedings of the 2nd respondent vide Ref.No. E4/6345/2003, dated -11-2004” On 23-6-2008 this matter was adjourned to 30-6- 2008 to enable Sri C.V.Bhaskar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, to report to the Court whether the term of Sri P.Satyanarayana Raju, President of the petitioner-Mandal Parishad has expired or not. On 30-6- 2008 learned counsel for the petitioner reported to the Court that the term of the said person had expired and the newly elected body is taking steps to come on record to represent the petitioner-Mandal Parishad. Today the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that no one has approached him to substitute the said Sri P.Satyanarayana Raju. In view of the fact that the term of the President, who filed the Writ Petition on behalf of the petitioner-Mandal Parishad, had expired and in the absence of an authorized person representing the petitioner-Mandal Parishad, the Writ Petition cannot be continued. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 14-7-2008 MNR