THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27962 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner is a Member of 4th Ward of Mugalla Gram Panchayat, Sitanagaram Mandal, East Godavari District. It appears that a request was made by an organization seeking permission to instal the statue of Swamy Vivekananda in the road margin opposite to the Panchayat Office. At the same time, another organization made a request to permit it to instal the statue of Paritala Ravindra almost in the same place. Faced with the situation, the Gram Panchayat passed a resolution, dated 24.10.2009, denying permission to both of them. The petitioner submits that despite such a resolution, the Gram Panchayat is not preventing the efforts made by the Yuvajana Sangam to instal the statue of Paritala Ravindra. He seeks appropriate directions in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.1 and the learned Government Pleader for Roads and Buildings for respondent Nos.2 and 3. It is rather unfortunate that the installation of the statue of Swamy Vivekananda was stalled on the ground that the request for installation of the statue of a political leader murdered in the recent past was also made. The Gram Panchayat could certainly have made the differentiation. It hardly needs any mention that Swamy Vivekananda is the source of inspiration for the entire Country and he made the Country proud at the international platforms at a time when it was under the alien rule. Permission ought to have been accorded just for the asking of it, so that the statue would inculcate values among the citizens. The decision to reject permission for installation of the statue of Paritala Ravindra cannot be found fault with. He is from Anantapur District, whereas the Gram Panchayat is in East Godavari District. He did not have any relation whatever with the Village. At any rate, that decision was not challenged by anyone. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the Gram Panchayat shall not raise any objection for installation of the statue of Swamy Vivekananda, but shall implement the resolution in the other part and shall not permit the installation of the statues of any political leaders. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt: 04.02.2010. kdl