IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22279 of 2004 Between: 1 Bandi Veera Prasad, S/o. Koteswara Rao, R/o. Nagulapadu (Village), Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. 2 K. Sudhakar, S/o. Venu Gopala Rao, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector (PT.Wing), Guntur. 2 The District Panchayat Officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 Nagulapadu Gram Panchayat, Rep. by its Secretary, Nagulapadu Village, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. .....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 the action of the District Panchayat Officer, Guntur in not considering the representation dated 29-6-2004 submitted by the Petitioners as arbitrary, illegal, without jurisdiction and consequently direct the District Panchayat Officer, Guntur, to consider the representation dated 29-6-2004 submitted by the petitioners. For the Petitioners: MR.CH.C.KRISHNA REDDY, Advocate. For the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. For the Respondent No.3: Mr. Dantu Srinivas, Advocate. The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORDER: The case of the petitioners is that they executed some water works and electrical works of the third respondent Gram Panchayat, but the Gram Panchayat has not paid any amount to them in respect thereof. Since the amounts are not paid, they made a representation to the second respondent-District Panchayat Officer, Guntur, on 29-6-2004 requesting payment of the amounts for the works executed by them, but the second respondent has not passed any orders thereon. Hence, they filed the writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for the Panchayat Raj & Rural Development and with their consent the writ petition is taken up for disposal. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to consider the representation submitted by the petitioners, dated 29-6-2004 and pass appropriate orders thereon within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date:03-12-2004 Svv To 1 The District Collector (PT.Wing), Guntur. 2 The District Panchayat Officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 The Secretary, Nagulapadu Gram Panchayat, Nagulapadu Village, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Two CCs. to the Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, A.P., Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.