THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 16351 of 2005 FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE Between: Lasminagaram Tank Water Users Association Rep.by its Chairman Kurva Sreenu,S/o.Kuruva Ramanjaneyulu R/o. Laxminagaram Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Dept., of Irrigation and Command Area Development Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. And others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 16351 of 2005 O R D E R: The petitioner herein is the Water Users Association of Laxminagaram Water Tank (L.Banda Tank) situated at Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District, represented by its Chairman. The said L.Banda Tank is situated with an Ayacut of about Ac.150.00. While so the respondents invited tenders for award of work of maintenance/improvement to the canals of L.Banda Tank worth of Rs.4,25,000/-. It is stated that the 3rd respondent-Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Kurnool, cancelled the said tenders without assigning any reason thereof. The case of the petitioner-Association is that by virtue of G.O.Ms.No.68 dated 1-06-2005 whereunder Minor Irrigation Works costing upto Rs.5,00,000/- would be taken up through Water User Groups in addition to the tendering procedure, the said work has to be granted to them, which is the sole Water User Association for that tank. In view of the same, the petitioner-Association submitted a representation to the 3rd respondent for grant of the work as per the above G.O. The grievance of the petitioner-Association is that the 3rd respondent either calling tenders or entrusting the said work to them, proposing to entrust the same to 3rd parties under political influence without following the guidelines issued in the above G.O. is illegal and arbitrary. Heard both sides. Learned counsel for the respondents submitted that as on date the District Level Committee has not entrusted the work to anybody and the matter is still pending for consideration before it. I have perused the material available on record. As seen from the G.O.Ms.No.28 I& CAD (Min.Irrgn.IV) Deptt. Dated 28-02-2005, at paragraph-3 it is clearly stated that the works costing upto Rs.5,00,000/- will be taken up through user groups in addition to the tendering procedure and the said user groups shall be identified by the District Level Committee. I have perused the material available on record. Having considered all the facts and circumstances of the case, and in view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the respondents, without going into the merits of the case, I am of the considered view that the ends of justice would be met if the 3rd respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner-Association in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order keeping in view the guidelines issued in the above said G.O. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________ 29-07-2005 Mjl/* This writ petition isfiledunder article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a Mandamusdeclaring the action of the respondents in not allottingthe work of improvement of canals ofL.Banda Tank, situated at VeldurthiMandal, Kurnool district to the petitiner-association asper G.O.Ms.No.68 Irrigation and CAD asillegal and arbitrary.