IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR : PRESENT : THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE : BILAL NAZKI. AND THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE : P.S. NARAYANA. W.P. No. 5893 of 2004 Between: 1. Pochareddy Narayana Reddy. 2. Pochareddy Sarojanamma. 3. Pochareddy Nirmalamma. 4. Gangaraju Seethapathi Rao. 5. Gangaraju Vijaya Lakshmamma. 6. Sannareddy Vajramma. 7. Sannareddy Seetharami Reddy. 8. Sannareddy Vanajakshamma. 9. Rajyalakshmi Sannareddy. 10. Sannareddy Sanathkumar Reddy. 11. Madanambeti Srinivasachari. 12. Madanambeti Pulamma. 13. Madanambeti Parujatha. 14. Madanambeti Purandar. 15. Madanambeti Raghavendra. 16. Thallam Ragamma. 17. Cheekiri Venkata Ramanaiah. 18. Cheekiri Ramanamma. 19. Cheekiri Prasanna. 20. Griddaluri Kameswari. 21. Griddaluri Raghuramaiah. 22. Griddaluri Krishnaveni. 23. Griddaluri Seshaiah. 24. Sannareddy Ramakrishna Reddy. 25. Sannareddy Devasenamma. 26. Sannareddy Venugopal Reddy. Petitioners AND 1. The State Election Commissioner, Buddabhavanam, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector-cum-Election Authority, Nellore. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer-cum-Electoral Registration Officer of 129, Rapur Assembly Constituency, Nellore. 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 an order, writ or direction more particularly a Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India, declaring the action of 3rd respondent in deleting the names of the petitioners from the voters list of Kattuvapalli village Manubolu Mandal of Rapur Constituency without notice, the further action of the 3rd respondent in not including their names in voters list of Kattuvapalli village despite making an application in Form No. 6 and the order passed by the 2nd respondent in his proceeding RCC, 8/6418/2003 dated 17-02-2004 dismissing the appeal as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, violative of provisions of Representatives People Act, 1950 as amended and consequently direct the respondents to include the names of the petitioners in the voters list of Kattuvapalli Village voters list, Manubolu Mandal of Rapur Constituency, Nellore District. Contd… 2 The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed therein and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. P. Sridhar Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Court while observing that Mr. P.V. Prabhakar Rao, SC for State Election Commission, for the respondents 1 & 2 and the Govt. Pleader for Revenue, for the respondent No. 3 not appeared. Since the matter is of urgent in nature, directed the Registry to list the matter on 15-04-2004 and issue of notices to the respondents 1 to 3 through Fax. Therefore you namely 1. The State Election Commissioner, Buddabhavanam, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector-cum-Election Authority, Nellore. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer-cum-Electoral Registration Officer of 129, Rapur Assembly Constituency, Nellore. are hereby directed to show cause on or before 15-04-2004, to which date the stands posted. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Registrar (Judicial), High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (per kind perusal) 2. The State Election Commissioner, Buddabhavanam, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 3. The District Collector-cum-Election Authority, Nellore. 4. The Revenue Divisional Officer-cum-Electoral Registration Officer of 129, Rapur Assembly Constituency, Nellore. (Addressees 2 to 4 BY FAX) 5. Two CCs to Govt. Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (By Special Messenger) 6. Two spare copies. USR.