THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO.9432 OF 2009 Date:12.10.2009 Between:- Rentachintala Gram Panchayat, Rep.by its Sarpanch, K.M.Show Reddy, Rentachintala, Rentachintala Mandal, Guntur District. .. Petitioner And The Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur District, Guntur and others. .. Respondents ORDER: This writ petition has been filed seeking Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not according permission to the petitioner for conducting the cattle show, in accordance with the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the fundamental rights of the petitioner for conducting the cattle show. The petitioner herein is the Rentachintala Gram Panchayat, represented by its Sarpanch and his case, in brief, is that they are following the tradition of conducting cattle show wherein, the best and healthy cattle will be decided and the owner of that cattle will also be rewarded. Like every year, this year also they made arrangements to conduct the said show but the 4th respondent, Circle Inspector of Police, raised an objection that they cannot conduct any other events except showing the cattle. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition has been filed. Heard the learned counsel and perused the material on record. From a perusal of the record, it is obvious that earlier one Gogiredy Pratap Reddy filed a petition in W.P. No.1240 of 2004 seeking to direct the respondents therein to enforce the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (for short ‘the Act’) effectively so that cruelty to the animals is not perpetrated by anyone and the Division Bench of this Court by order dated 01.02.2006 disposed of the said writ petition holding that insofar as Gram Panchayat, Rentachintala is concerned, it may approach the concerned district authority for grant of permission to organize cattle show and also make provision for rewarding the owners of healthy cattle. Such application may be granted by the concerned authority subject to the condition that the Gram Panchayat or any Public authority shall not organize any race or any other game, which may involve cruelty of any kind on the animals. The Gram Panchayat shall also ensure that for judging the health of the animals, no cruelty is inflicted upon the animals by putting weight etc. on any part of their body. Subsequent to the above order, the petitioner herein also filed another petition in W.P. No.1339 of 2009 seeking direction to the respondents therein to accord permission to hold and organize cattle show for exhibiting the might of cattle and to reward the winners/owners and healthy cattle, in accordance with the order passed in W.P. No.1240 of 2004 and this Court by order dated 30.01.2009 directed the respondents therein to pass appropriate orders on the application dated 12.01.2009 submitted by the petitioner. Pursuant to the same, the 1st respondent, Collector & District Magistrate, passed order vide Rc.No.370/2009-H6 dated 31.01.2009 according permission to conduct cattle show and competitions subject to provisions of the Act and with certain directions that were held by the Division Bench of this Court in W.P. No.1240 of 2004. Consequent to the permission accorded by the 1st respondent, the petitioner made arrangements to conduct the cattle show, but the 4th respondent is raising an objection interpreting the direction given by the Court to the effect that it should not organise any event to display the strength of the bulls and not allowing him to conduct the show in accordance with law. In this regard, the petitioner has not placed any material before this Court to show the basis for the objections raised by the 4th respondent that in which manner he is interpreting the order passed by this Court. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions made by the learned counsel, I am of the view that the petitioner is not aggrieved by the order dated 31.01.2009 passed by the 1st respondent and at the same time, the 4th respondent shall not raise any unreasonable objection when the petitioner would like to conduct the show, in accordance with the orders passed by the 1st respondent. Accordingly, with the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH Date: 12.10.2009 AMD