THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 11524 OF 2011 Date: 13.06.2011 Between: Bhaikar Mangaraj and others ..... PETITIONERS AND State of Andhra Pradesh and others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.11524 OF 2011 O R D E R : The petitioners herein are the residents of Rangreeju Street near Bus stand in Vizianagaram Municipality. This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the 3rd respondent- Vizianagaram Municipality in maintaining the public drainage system in Rangreeju Street. It is pleaded in the writ petition that the 3rd respondent had created a public drain on the street situated towards north of the buildings of the petitioners and the said drain had been in existence and all the house drains of the petitioners are connected to the said public drain. It is alleged that as the residential area being located close to the vegetable market, Municipal Shopping Complex and a bus stand is also situated nearby the drain, the drain was completely blocked on the northern side street of the locality and it was damaged and choked resulting in free flow of drain water sewerage and sullage generated in the locality thereby causing extremely un-hygienic conditions in the locality. Sri S.Nageswara Reddy, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the Vizianagaram Municipality on instructions stated that it is a fact that the public drainage system in Rangreeju Street of Vizianagaram Municipality, which was constructed with brick arch drain, long back had collapsed. It is also stated that the Municipality has now proposed to construct a new drain to enable the free flow of sullage water from the houses of the petitioners with an estimate cost of Rs.1.00 lakh from Internal Roads and Drains Grant. It is also assured that the work will be commenced within one month and it will be completed within two months on or before 09.08.2011. In view of what has been stated by the learned Standing Counsel, no further enquiry is necessary and accordingly, recording the statement of the learned Standing Counsel, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ​ ___________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 13.06.2011 Ivd