IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18836 of 2008 Between: Annapoorna Mutually Aided Consumer's Cooperative Central Stores Ltd., Rep. by its Secretary & Incharge President M.Guru Krishna Vara Prasad, S/o. Venkaiah, Aged : 35 yrs. R/o. H.No. 12-5-1, Prakashnagar, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Narasaraopet Municipality, Rep. by its Commissioner, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT 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 a writ order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not paying the bill amount along with interest at the rate of 24% per annum dated 17.12.2004 as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to consider the representation submitted by the petitioner dated 01.08.2008 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.U.RAMANJANEYULU Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.NAGESWARA REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by Annapoorna Mutually Aided Consumer’s Cooperative Central Stores Limited, represented by its Secretary & In-charge President, assailing the action of the respondent in not acting on its representations with regard to payment of bills. The petitioner is a society registered under A.P. Cooperative Societies Act, vide Regd.No.474. It has been supplying bleaching powder, phenoyl, coconut oil, dustbins etc., to the respondent-municipality. The total worth of the dustbins supplied to the respondent-municipality is Rs.1,35,000/-. The respondent failed to pay the bill amount and thereupon, the petitioner submitted representation requesting the respondent to settle the bills. There being no response from the respondent, the petitioner choose to approach this Court invoking jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri S. Nageswara Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for Narasaraopet Municipality received notice on behalf of the respondent. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent. The fact of the petitioner supplying certain items to the respondent is not in dispute. When the bill amounts are not paid, the petitioner submitted representations to the respondent for settlement of the account. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage, directing the respondent to consider the representation dated 1.08.2006 submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _________________________ (B. Seshasayana Reddy, J.) 29th August, 2008 Js. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Narasaraopet Municipality, Rep. by its Commissioner, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 2 2 CD copies.