*The Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S.RAO +Writ Petition No.14791 of 2004 (and 15928 of 2004) %5.11.2004 £ L.Shankaraiah, S/o.L.Ashwathappa R/o.M.R.Pali, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District, and 72 others …Petitioners Vs. $ Union of India, rep. by its Secretary Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi and nine others. … Respondents !For the petitioners … Sri P.Gangaiah Naidu Senior Counsel(appearing for N.Bharath Babu) ^For the Respondent No.1 and 2 … Sri Sanjay Kumar, Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government For the Respondent Nos.3 to 6 … G.P. for Handlooms & Textiles For the Respondent Nos.7 to 10 … Sri C.Damodar Reddy <Gist: >Head Notes: ? Cases Referred 1. (1993) 2 SCC 221 2. 2002 (1) ALD 210 (FB) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 14791 of 2004 Between: 1. L. Shankaraiah, S/o L. Ashwathappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 2. V. Nageshwara Rao, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 3 P. Lakshminarayana, S/o Nagaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 4 M. Narayana Swamy, S/o Venkataswamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 5 M. Chandramouli, S/o Varma, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 6 V. Srinivasulu, S/o Anjaaneyulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 7 S. Rukmangada, S/o Venkataramanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 8 S.N. Lakshman Das, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 9 Y.N. Narasimhulu, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 10 M. Sridhar Babu, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 11 B. Ramanjaneyulu, S/o Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 12 C. Gopalakrishna, S/o Ganapathi, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 13 M. Ramanjaneyulu, S/o Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 14 Y. Srinivasulu, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 15 Y. Sanjeevulu, S/o Narasimhulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 16 B. Narasimhulu, S/o Nagaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 17 L. Srinivasulu, S/o Obaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 18 D. Ramakrishna, S/o Obulelsu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 19 C. Obulesu, S/o Venkataramanaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 20 D.H. Venkataramudu, S/o Hanumanthappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 21 G.S. Haranatha Babu, S/o Satyanarayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 22 V. Lakshminarayana, S/o Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 23 Balam Subramanyam, S/o Nagaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 24 Pujari Srinivasulu, S/o Adinarayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 25 D. Adinarayana, S/o Obulesu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 26 L. Venkatesu, S/o Obulesu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 27 P. Adiseshulu, S/o Nagaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 28 S. Venkatesulu, S/o Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 29 Y. Lakshmi Narasimhulu, S/o Ramaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 30 Maddana Srinivasulu, S/o Satyanarayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 31 L. Venkatesu, S/o Obulesu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 32 G.M.C. Anjaneuulu, S/o Hanumanthappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 33 C.V. Obulesu, S/o Venkataramaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 34 L. Srinivasulu, S/o Sriramulu R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 35 D.Chennalal, s/o Obulesu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 36 M.A. Ramanjaneyulu, s/o Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 37 L. Obulesu, S/o Sriramulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 38 S. Damodar, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 39 S. Ravindranath, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 40 V. Sarojamma, W/o Late Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 41 M. Madhavaiah, S/o Narayanaswamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 42 P. Narappa, S/o Narasimhulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 43 V. Nagendra Prasad, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 44 V. Pullamma, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 45 M. Jayaramulu, S/o Narayanaswamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 46 P. Sadasivaiah, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 47 L. Obaiah, S/o Lakshmaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 48 M. Sambaiah, S/o Narayanaswamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 49 P. Suryanarayana, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 50 L. Rajesh Kumar, S/o L. Sankaraiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 51 L. Jayalakshmi, W/o Sankaraiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 52 S. Bhagyalakshmi, W/o Lakshman Das, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 53 S. Vijayalakshmi, W/o D. Ravindranath, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 54 L. Gangadhar, S/o Obaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 55 L. Satyanarayana, S/o Obaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 56 S. Yogesh, S/o Nagappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 57 Basava Raja, S/o Chikka Veerappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 58 M. Ravi, S/o Satyanarayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 59 Mohd. Iqbal, S/o C. Abdul Khadar, R/o Melapur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 60 G. Suresh, S/o Nagaratnam, R/o S. Nagar, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 61 M. Nagaraju, S/o Govindarajulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 62 L. Chowdamma, W/o Obaiah, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 63 P. Lakshmi Kumari, W/o Lakshmi Narayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 64 P. Chandra Mohan, S/o Lakshminarayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 65 P. Ashok, S/o Lakshminarayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 66 M. Kesavaiah, S/o Narayana Swamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 67 Y. Subramaniyam, S/o Narayanappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 68 Y. Chowdamma, W/o Narasimhulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 69 D. Nanjudeswarappa, S/o Rangaswamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 70 P. Jaya Bharathi, W/o Lakshmi Narayana, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 71 D. Rangaswamy, S/o Narasappa, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 72 M. Satyanarayana, S/o Venkataswamy, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 73 M. Nagaraju, S/o M. Govindarajulu, R/o M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi. 2 The Development Commission of Handlooms, Vasthramanthralaya, New Delhi. 3 The Commissioner and Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Government of Andhra Pradesh, BRKR Bhavan, Hyderabad. 4 The Enforcement Officer, Office of the Deputy Director, Handlooms and Textiles (Enforcement Wing), Anantapur, Anantapur District. 5 The Assistant Director, Enforcement Director, Department of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 6 The Assistant Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 7 Ankhilandhra Pattu Chenetha Karmika Sangham, Office at D.No.11/453, Sale Veedhi, Dharmavaram, Anantapur District, represented By its President, Giriraju Ravi 8 Silk House and Master Weavers Association Office at D.No.27-8-950/2, Mudireddipalle, Hindupur, Ananthapur District, represented by Its Secretary, A.C.Nagaraju 9 Pola Ramanjaneyulu, S/o.Narayana, Handloom weaver and Vice-President of first petitioner sangham R/o.H.No.26.4.479, Dharmavaram, Ananthapur District 10 C.Radhakrishna, S/o.Govindappa, R/o.H.No.26-4-479 Hindupur, Ananthapur 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 reservation order in S.O.557 (c) dated 26.7.1996 issued under sub-section 1 of section 3 of the Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985, as illegal and unenforceable and issue a consequential direction to the first respondent to reconstitute the Committee under section 4 of the Act with adequate representation from Powerloom Industry. Counsel for the petitioners: Sri P.Gangaiah Naidu Senior Counsel(appearing for N.Bharath Babu) Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2: Sri Sanjay Kumar, Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government Counsel for Respondent Nos.3 to 6: G.P. for Handlooms & Textiles Counsel for Respondent Nos.7 to 10: Sri C.Damodar Reddy WRIT PETITION NO : 15938 of 2004 Between: 1 P.Lokesh, S/o P.Aswathanarayana, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 2 P.Anusuamma, W/o P.Aswathanarayana, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 3 V.Nagaraj, S/o V.R.Narayanappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 4 V.Venkataseshu, S/o V.R.Narayanappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 5 V.Lakshmi Devi, W/o V.Nagaraju, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 6 V.Suguna, W/o V.Nageswara Rao, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 7 V.Meenakshi, W/o V.Venkataseshu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 8 V.Pushpalatha, W/o V.Nagendra Prasad, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 9 P.Sakuntala, W/o P.Adiseshulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 10 P.Manjula, W/o P.Adiseshulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 11 P.Narsamma, W/o P.Nagaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 12 M.Sreeramulu, S/o M.Pedda Anjaneya, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 13 M.Aswatha, S/o P.Pedda Anjaneya, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 14 M.Madhu, S/o M.Aswatha, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 15 M.Dhananjaya, S/o M.Aswatha, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 16 C.Nagaraj, S/o C.Kistaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 17 M.Komaiah, S/o M.Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 18 M.Ramachandra, S/o M.Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 19 M.Dhananjaya, S/o M.Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 20 M.Bhaskar, S/o M.Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 21 D.Savitramma, W/o D.Rangaswamy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 22 D.Aswathappa, S/o D.Chowdappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 23 D.Subramanyam, S/o D.Seshappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 24 Y.Lakshmi Devi, W/o Y.N.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 25 Y.N.Nagaraju, S/o Y.N.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 26 Y.N.Chandra, s/o Y.N.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 27 Y.N.Krishnamurthy, s/o Y.n.narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 28 Y.N.Ramesh, s/o Y.N.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 29 Y.Lakshmidevi, w/o Y.N.Nagaraju, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 30 Y.Padmavathi, w/o Y.N.Chandra, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 31 Y.Bharathi, w/o Y.N.Krishnamurthy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 32 Y.Lakshmidevi, w/o Y.N.Ramesh, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 33 M.Govindarajulu, s/o M.Venkataswamy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 34 M.Lakshminarayana, s/o M.Narayanaswamy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 35 M.Sivaiah, s/o M.Narayanaswamy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 36 Y.Sreenivasulu, s/o Y.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 37 D.Dhanunjaya, s/o D.Govindappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 38 D.Maruthi, s/o D.Aswathappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 39 M.Lakshmidevamma, w/o M.Narayanaswamy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 40 M.Padmavathamma, w/o M.Lakshminarayana, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 41 M.Padmavathi, w/o M.Jayaramulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 42 M.Jayanthi, w/o M.Sambaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 43 M.Leelavathi, w/o M.Madhavaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 44 M.Aswathamma, w/o M.Govindarajulu, R/o M.R.Palli,Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 45 Y.Padmanabha, w/o Y.Papanna, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 46 L.Penna Obulesu, s/o L.Obaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 47 B.Prakash, s/o P.Govindappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 48 K.Chandra, s/o K.Chowdappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 49 L.Pedda Obulesu, s/o L.Aswathappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 50 L.Radhakrishna, s/o L.P.Obulesu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 51 P.Nagendra, s/o P.Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 52 G.Nagamuni, s/o G.Venkappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 53 P.Aswathanarayana, s/o P.Chowdaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 54 B.Venkatappa, s/o B.Kondappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 55 B.Aswathamma, w/o B.Venkatappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 56 B.Gopal, s/o B.Venkatappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 57 B.Ramappa, s/o B.Kondappa, R/o M.R.Palle, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 58 B.Damarnath, s/o B.Ramappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 59 B.Eswaramma, w/o B.Ramappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 60 B.Kistappa, s/o B.Kondappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 61 R.Narayanaswamy, S/o.R.Konaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 62 R.Aswathanarayana, S/o.R.Konaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 63 V.Sreeramappa, S/o.V.Muthyalappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 64 M.Sreenivasulu, S/o.M.Thimmaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 65 V.Mallikarjuna, S/o.V.Chandrayappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 66 P.Raghavendra, S/o.P.Lakshminarayana, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 67 Y.Jayaramulu, S/o.Y.Narasimhaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 68 Y.Shankarappa, S/o.Y.Chinna Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 69 P.Lakshminarasimhulu, S/o.P.Sadasivaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 70 Y.Narasimharaju, S/o.Y.Sreenivasulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 71 Y.Ambika, W/o.Y.Sreenivasulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 72 Y.S.Meena, W/o.Y.Sreenivasulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 73 B.Ramadevi, W/o.B.Ramanjaenyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 74 S.Prasad, S/o.S.Pullappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 75 S.Prakash, S/o.S.Ramanjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 76 P.Peddanarasimhulu, S/o.P.Narasimhappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 77 D.Nagarathanamma, W/o.D.Adinarayana, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 78 D.Narayanamma, w/o.D.Radhakrishnappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 79 K.Hanumanthappa, S/o.K.Sanjeevappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 80 M.Ramalakshmi, W/o.M.Sreedhar Babu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 81 M.Narasimhappa, S/o.M.Konappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 82 C.O.Sashikiran, S/o.S.Obulesu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 83 Y.Yashodhamma, W/o.Y.Sreenivasulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 84 Y.Nagarathanamma, W/o.Y.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 85 Y.Viswanatha, S/o.Y.S.Narasimulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 86 Y.Lalithamma, W/o.Y.Sanjeevappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 87 L.Govindarajulu, S/o.L.Obulesu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 88 V.Subbaiah, S/o.Nagappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 89 P.Kamakshamma, W/o.P.Krishnamurthy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 90 B.Hariprasad, S/o.B.Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 91 B.Rajesh S/o/B.Narasimhulu R/o. M.R. Palli, Hindupur Mandal Anantapur District. 92 B.Sivamma W/o. B.Narasimhulu R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 93 B.Vani S/o. B.Omprakash R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 94 D.Ramanjaneyulu S/o. D.Chinna Anjanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 95 C.Rangappa S/o. C.Mallappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 96 S.Subramanyam S/o.Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 97 M.Nagasrathnaiah S/o. M.Obulesu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 98 S.Anjanamma W/o. S.Rukmangadha R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 99 S.Rajarathnaiah S/o.S.Venkatramulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 100 V.Chinna Narayana S/o. V.Venkataiah R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 101 V.C.Dasulu S/o. V.Chinna Narayana R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 102 V.Ramakrishna S/o. V.Venkataiah R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 103 P.Subbaiah S/o. P.Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 104 P.Eswaramma W/o.P.Subbaiah R/o. Vijayanagar Colony, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 105 L.Obulesu S/o.L.Muniswamy R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 106 C.Nagaraju S/o.C.Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 107 Y.Seetharamulu S/o.Y>Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 108 Y.Lakshminarayana S/o.Y>Papanna R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 109 V.Sreenivasulu S/o.V.Anjaneyulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 110 V.Venkatesulu S/o.V.Anjaneyulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 111 V.Mallikarjuna S/o.V.Anjaneyulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 112 P.Premeela W/o.Pola Narayana R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 113 N.Sudhakar S/o.N.S.Subbarayappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 114 K. Jayanath S/o. K. Gangappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 115 L. Ramadevi W/o. L. Obulesu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 116 V. Sudhakar Reddy S/o. V. Subbireddy R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 117 G. Ramachandrappa S/o. G. Hanumanthapa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 118 G.T. Nagaraju S/o. G. Venkatappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 119 B. Sadasivappa S/o. B. Eswarapa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 120 B. Latha, W/o. V. Lakshminarayana R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 121 S. Narayana Reddy S/o. S. Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 122 S. Chandrakala W/o. S. Ravindranath, R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 123 S. Lavanya W/o. S. Mohan, R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 124 S. Nagarathna W/o. S. Bhaskar R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 125 Bhaskar S/o. Puttappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 126 S. Venkatalakshamma W/o. S. Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 127 S. Narayana Swamy S/o. S. Narasimhappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 128 V. Lakshminarasimhulu S/o. V. Narayanappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 129 V. Venkatalakshmamma W/o. Lakshminarasimhulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 130 M. Salamma W/o. M. Ramajaneyulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 131 M. Lakshmamma W/o. M. Hanumaiah R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 132 M. Sreenivasulu S/o. M. Hanumaiah R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 133 M. Dhananjaya W/o. M. Ramanjaneyulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 134 M. Narasimhulu S/o. M. Hanumaiah R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 135 P. Narayanaswamy S/o. P. Subbaiah R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 136 M. Narayanamma W/o. M. Sreenivasulu R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 137 M. Suseelamma W/o. G.M.C. Ravi R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 138 P. Mohan, S/o. P. Narappa R/o. M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District. 139 P. Akkamma W/o. P. Narappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 140 G. Mahesh W/o. G. Nagamuni R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 141 Balam Narasimhulu S/o. B. Nagaiah R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 142 Balam Sivamma W/o. B. Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 143 S. Rathnamma, W/o. S. Subramanyam R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 144 S. Anwar, S/o. S. Babasaheb R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 145 G. Garithaiah S/o. Venkatappaiah R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 146 Chinta Rajasekhar S/o. Y. Malleshwarappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 147 Y.N. Kalyan Kumar S/o. Y. Malleshwarappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 148 Y. Suresh S/o. Y. Sreenivasulu R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 149 L. Chowdamma W/o. L. Radhakrishna R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 150 P. Syamsunder W/o. P. Subbarayudu R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 151 D. Narayanaswamy S/o. D. Kistappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 152 E. Prasad S/o. E. Kistappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 153 E. Lalithamma W/o. E. Prasad R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 154 P. Basavaraju S/o. P. Chikka Errappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 155 B. Sadasivappa S.o. B. Eswarappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 156 P. Nagendra S/o. P. Anjaneyulu R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 157 U. Sreeramappa S/o. U. Muthyalappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 158 M. Thimmaiah S/o. M. Mariyappa R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 159 P. Kamakshamma, W/o. P. Krishna Murthy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 160 B. Nagaraju, S/o. B. Narayanappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 161 P. Balaji, S/o. P. Purushotham Reddy, R/o Chowdeswari Colony, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 162 M. Ranganayakulu, S/o. M. Chinna Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 163 M. Bhaskar, S/o. M. Chinna Anjaneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 164 M. Lakshmamma, W/o. M. Chinna Anjeneyulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District. 165 P. Sreenivasulu, S/o.P. Chowdaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 166 P. Kumar, S/o. P. Subbarayudu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 167 P. Aswathanarayana, S/o. P. Chowdaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 168 N. Sudhakar, S/o. N.P. Subbarayudu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 169 K. G. Jagannath, S/o. K.C. Gangappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 170 V. Subbaiah, S/o. V. Narappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 171 C. Nagaraju, S/o. C. Narasimhulu, R/o Melapuram, , Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 172 K. Anjappa, S/o. M. S. Kistappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 173 M.S. Kistappa, S/o. M. Sitaramaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 174 K. Chandraiah, S/o. K. Chowdappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 175 S.B. Venkatesh, S/o. S. Betanna, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 176 P. Papanna, S/o. P. Nagappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 177 Y.K. Bharathi, W/o. Y.K. KrishnaMurthy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 178 Y.N. Krishnamurthy, S/o. Y. Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 179 Y. Lakshmi Devi, W/o. Y. Nagaraju, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 180 Y. Padma, W/o. Y.N. Chandra Mohan, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 181 Y. Lakshmi, W/o. Y.N. Ramesh, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 182 D. Ramesh, S/o. D. Rangaswamy, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 183 N. Sreedhar, S/o. N. Chandramouli, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 184 Pola Aswathanarayana, S/o. Pola Pedda Narasimhulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 185 N. Sarojamma, W/o. N. Ramanjaneyulu, R/o Melapur, Hindupur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 186 K. Padmavathi, W/o. K. Obulesu, R/o Melapur, Hindupur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 187 A. Kethirajulu, S/o. B.S. Anjaneyulu, R/o Shanthi Nagar Hindupur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 188 A. Noorjahan, W/o. Ameerjaan, R/o Melapur, Hindupur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 189 B. Manjula, W/o. B. Kistappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 190 D.N. Gnana Murthy, S/o. B.N. Narayanaswamy, R/o Kotnur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 191 N.Narasareddy, S/o N.Narasimha Reddy, R/o Kotnur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 192 D.N.Nanjundamurthy, S/o B.N.Narayanaswamy, R/o Kotnur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 193 P.Anjamma, W/o P.Narayanappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 194 P.Narayanappa, S/o Balanarsappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 195 Kesavulu, S/o Pedda Kesavulu, R/o Melapur, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 196 M.K.Anji, S/o M.Kistappa, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 197 M.S.Kistappa, S/o M.seetaramaiah, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 198 Y.Lakshminarayana, S/o Y.Seetharamulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 199 Y.Rajesh, S/o Y.Seetharamulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 200 M.Lokesh, S/o M.Govindarajulu, R/o M.R.Palli, Hindupur Mandal, Ananthapur District 201 K.Gopal Reddy, S/o K.Narasaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 202 K.C.Lakshminarayana Reddy, S/o K.Chinna Reddy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 203 K.Sidda Reddy, S/o K.Dadappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 204 D.Chandra Sekhar, S/o D.Kistappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 205 R.Nagaraju, S/o R.Eswarappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 206 P.Eswarappa, S/o R.Narayanappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 207 D.Nanjundappa, S/o D.Adiseshappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 208 D.V.Chalapathi, S/o D.Timmaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 209 P.S.Nagendra Prasad, S/o P.S.Siddaramaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 210 D.S.Rajagopal Reddy, S/o D.Sivaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 211 K.Narayana Reddy, S/o K.Yanjarappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 212 K.Yanjarappa, S/o K.Timma Reddy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 213 D.S.Gangadhar, S/o D.Adimurthy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 214 D.A.Mallikarjuna, S/o D.Adimurthy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 215 D.A.Sreenivasulu, S/o D.Adimurthy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 216 K.Ananda Reddy, S/o K.Timmaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 217 D.B.Nagabhushanam, S/o D.Narayanappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 218 Harinarayana, S/o Nanjundappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 219 Nanjundappa, S/o Narayanappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 220 D.Ramesh, S/o D.Lakshmaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 221 D.T. Venkataramanappa, S/o D. Timmaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 222 B. Venkateswarlu, S/o B. Lakshmanna, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 223 Sivaram Reddy, S/o Shankar Reddy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 224 Shankarappa, S/o Pedda Appaiah, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 225 Sreenivasa Gupta, S/o Sattappa, R/o Kodegnahalli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 226 G. Sivappa, S/o G. Kistappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 227 Chinna Siddappa, S/o Gidda Siddappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 228 Pedda Siddappa, S/o Gidda Siddappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 229 S.P. Lakshmi Narayanappa, S/o S.P. Narayanappa R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 230 D.G. Gurraj, S/o D.G. Eswarappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 231 Nagarathnamma, W/o D. Nagappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 232 Gopal Reddy, S/o Narasayya, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 233 D. Chandrasekhar, S/o Kistappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 234 D.P. Nagabhushanam, S/o Aswathappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 235 B. Sivalingappa, S/o D.Kondappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 236 D. Venkataramudu, S/o B. Venkataramanappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 237 B. Munaswamy, S/o B. Kondappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 238 R.S. Prakash Reddy, S/o R. Sanjeeva Reddy, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 239 K.T. Srinivasulu, S/o China Thimmappa, R/o P.R.Palli, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 240 M. Chalapathi, S/o N. Rangappa, R/o Gorantla, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 241 M. Sivamma, W/o M. Chalapathi, R/o Gorantla, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 242 D.B. Shankaraiah, S/o Venkatanarappa, R/o Gorantla, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 243 B.G. Aswathamma, W/o D.G. Shankaraiah, R/o Gorantla, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District 244 V. Ramalakshamma, W/o Muniappa, R/o Gorantla, Parigi Mandal, Ananthapur District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi. 2