IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13043 of 2009 Between: 1 Yakkala Marudwathi, W/o. Y. Nageswara Rao, 20th Ward Councilor, Near Z.P. High School, Gudur Road, Pedana,Krishna District. 2 Afsar Jaha, W/o. Abdul Khadar Jilani, 14th Ward Councilor, Jagapathi Theatre Road, Pedana, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Municipal Administration Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Principal Secretary. 2 The Commissioenr & Director of Municipal Administration, A.P., Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 4 Pedana Municipality, Pedana, Krishna District, Rep. by its Municipal Commissioner. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent authorities in not allotting and sanctioning the development works in respect of petitioners Ward No. 14 and 20 situated in 4th respondent Municipality as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to allot and sanction development works to the Ward No.14 and 20 situated in 4th respondent Municipality. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.J.SREENIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No : 13043 of 2009 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the alleged action of the respondents in not allotting and sanctioning the development works in respect of ward Nos.14 and 20 of Pedana Municipality, Pedana, Krishna District is arbitrary and illegal. The petitioners herein are the councilors of ward Nos.14 and 20 of the said Municipality. Heard the learned standing counsel for the 4th respondent- Municipality. The material on record shows that the petitioners made representation on 24.04.2009 by register post and the same was received in the office of the respondents. In the circumstances, the respondents are expected to consider the request of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion as to the entitlement of the petitioners for the allotment of the development works in question, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 24.04.2009 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Dated: 17-07-2009 KLP