IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 9942 of 2008 Between: J. Swapna W/o Sudhakar Reddy R/o Gurramguda Village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Secretary, Panchayath Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Panchayath Wing, Ranga Reddy district. 3 The District Panchayath Officer, East, Rangareddy 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 will be pleased to issue Writ, order or Direction one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in passing the orders in Proceedings No. B2/1392/2007 dt 17-01-2008 as illegal, arbitrary, against the principles of natural justice and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently suspend the order sin Proceedings No. B2/1392/2007 date : 17-01-2008 pending disposal of the Appeal pending with the respondent No.1 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.RAMACHANDRA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 9942 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the proceedings of the second respondent dated 17-01-2008 thereby removing the petitioner from the office of Sarpanch in exercise of powers conferred under Sections 249(1) and 265(1) of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (for short ‘the Act’) is arbitrary and illegal. At the outset, it is to be noted that against the order impugned, an alternative remedy of appeal is available under the Act. As a matter of fact, the petitioner states that she has already preferred such an appeal before the first respondent vide reference No.1392/2007-B2 (PTS). Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and since the statutory appeal is pending before the first respondent, without expressing any opinion on merits, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider and dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order following due process of law. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 17-06-2008 Note: Issue C.C. by tomorrow. B/o KLP