HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION NO.13994 OF 2006 Between: Thallapu Reddy Venkateswara Reddy ..... Petitioner AND State of Andhra Pradesh Rep by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad And four others. .....Respondents :: O R D E R:: Counsel for the Petitioners : None Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3 : Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj Counsel for Respondent No.4 : Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for Respondent No.5 : Shri V.V. Prabhakar Rao Dated: 02.08.2006 Per G.S.SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “ It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in reserving the office of the Sarpanch, Kambalapadu Gram Panchayat, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District in favour of Scheduled Tribe Candidate as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the rules and consequently direct the respondents to earmark the Kamabalapadu Gram Panchayat in favour of Open Category (General) and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deems fit and proper under the circumstances of the case.” Since no one has appeared for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed in default. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.17440 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 2.8.2006 ksld