IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.12641 OF 2010 Between: 1. Medasani Veerabhadra Rao, S/o.Surya Rao, Hindu, 59 years, Cultivation, R/O. Peddakothuru Village, Karapa Mandal, East Godavari District. And one other. ...PETITIONERS AND 1. The District Collector, East Godavari District, Kakinada. And six others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: Mr. K.Subrahmanyam. Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4, 6 & 7: None appeared. Counsel for the Respondent No.5: Mr. V.Sai Kumar. The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.12641 OF 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to shift the Elementary School at Peddakothuru Village, Karapa Mandal, East Godavari District, to another place in the same village, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri K.Subrahmanyam, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri V.Sai Kumar, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.5. According to the petitioners, the Elementary School in question was established in the year 1933 and that the building where the School is located is centrally located and accessible to all the students in the Village. The petitioners alleged that at the instance of the local M.L.A., the School building is proposed to be shifted to another place in the village. According to the petitioners, if the school building is shifted, it will cause hardship to the students. Learned counsel for respondent No.5 has opposed the Writ Petition and stated that the petitioners have no locus standi at all to maintain this Writ petition. According to the learned counsel, as the old building in which the School is presently being run has become dilapidated, a new building is proposed to be constructed at a different place and therefore, the proposal to shift the School is impelled by public interest. I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. In the first place, the petitioners have not disclosed their interest in the subject matter. No where they have pleaded that they are the parents of the students, who are studying in the School. The petitioners have also not disclosed the size of the Village and its topography and the distance between the existing School and the proposed place. Shifting of a School falls in the realm of administration and unless the action is found vitiated by mala fides or in violation of statutory or constitutional provisions, the Courts seldom interferes with such administrative actions. The petitioners failed to make out any case for interference of this Court for exercising its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. For the above-mentioned reasons, the Writ Petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.15914 of 2010 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _______________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 4th August 2010 RRB