IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11462 of 2008 Between: The Telugu Desam Party, rep. By its General Secretary, M.A. Shareef, NTR Bhavan, Road No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. … Petitioner And 1. The Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi – 110 001. 2. The Chief Electoral Officer, A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. … Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring Clause 3(1) and (ii) in the impugned letter No.464/INST/2007-LN-I, dated 12-10-2007 and consequent letter No.1187/Elecs.F/2008-8, dated 23-05- 2008, issued by ﬁrst respondent and consequent direction issued by the second respondent to appoint only women as polling agent in the women polling stations as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, contrary to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Conduct of the Election Rules 1961, violative of the fundamental rights enumerated in the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar Counsel for the Respondents: Mrs. C. Jayasree Sarathy The Court made the following: Order: (Per Hon’ble Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) Learned Advocate for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner would like to make a representation to the Election Commission of India on the subject matter of the petition. We are sure that if such representation is made, the same shall be considered in accordance with law by the Election Commission of India, i.e. respondent No.1 herein. In view of the above development in the matter, learned Advocate for the petitioner does not press this petition. The petition, therefore, stands disposed of as not pressed. __________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. November 13, 2008 MRR