THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 24545 OF 1997 Date: 19.02.2007 Between: Satavahana Cotton Growers Co-op. Spinning Mills Workers’ Association, Sattenapalli, Guntur District. … Petitioner and 1. Union of India, rep., by its Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Home, New Delhi and six others. … Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 24545 OF 1997 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner, an association of workers of Satavahana Cotton Growers Co-op. Spinning Mills Limited is that their repeated requests to revive the mill has fallen on deaf ears. The relief sought for is for a mandamus directing the respondents herein to take expeditious steps ensuring the implementation of the Rehabilitation scheme of the Central Government in its letter and spirit in the matter of providing secured employment to all the workers of the 7th respondent Spinning Mill. It is admitted that the said Spinning Mill was closed on 18.10.1994. The relief sought for, in effect, is for a direction to the respondents to revive the mill, which have been closed. These are all matters of policy involving financial expenditure, which this Court would be loath to interfere with. The writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. ____________________________ Date: 19.02.2007 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR