IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBEER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 10506 of 2008 Between: 1 M/s. The Cuddapah Dist Schedule Caste Sephayee Karmacharies Labour Contract Co-Op Society Ltd Kadapa Rep.by its President N.Ramalingaiah S/o.Kondaiah Hindu R/o.D.No.16/1036-1 Masapet, Kadapa Town and Dist 2 Drakshayani Mahila DWCUA Sangam Kadapa Rep.by its President Lakshmi Prasanna, President N.Ramalingaiah Hindu R/o.D.No.16/1036-1 Masapet, Kadapa Town and Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govt Of A.P Rep.by its Principal Secretary Municipal Administration &Urban Development (G2) Department Secretariat Buildings Hyd 2 Kadapa Municipal Corporation Rep.by its Commissioner Kadapa Dist .....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 a writ,order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents particularly the 2nd respondent in calling for open tenders in Notiﬁcation No.315 to 320/GF/DM/MCK/2008-09 dt.18-04-2008 for the work of sanitation in the entire area of 2nd respondent corporation without entrusting the work to the sanitation workers Union ie the petitioner societies as illegal unjust arbitrary highhanded and against the interest of menbers of the petitioner societies and against Go Ms No.30 MA(Municipal Administration & Uraban Development G2 Department dt.18-01-2000 and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to cancel the tender Notiﬁcation No.315 to 320/GF/DM/MCK/2008-09 dt.18-04-2008 with further direction to continue the petitioner societies to work as usal in the 3rd Zone of the 2nd respondent Municipal Corporation and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.L.J.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.I.NEWTON The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the Associations, which are two in number, assailing the action of the Kadapa Municipal Corporation/second respondent in calling for open tenders for the works of sanitation, without following G.O.Ms.No.30 M.A. (Municipal Admn. & Urban Development) G.2 Dept, dated 18.01.2000. The members of the petitioner societies belong to Scheduled Caste Community. They are attending to sanitation works in Kadapa Municipality and also surrounding Gram Panchayats for the past few decades. The second respondent issued notiﬁcation calling for tenders in respect of ﬁve zones and also Malaria section. Since the notiﬁcation does not indicate as to reservation of part of the works for allotment on nomination basis to the societies formed by the Sanitation Workers Unions, the petitioners approached this court invoking jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri Izaac Newton, learned Standing Counsel for Kadapa Municipal Corporation, received notice on behalf of the second respondent. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the second respondent. As per G.O.Ms.No.30 M.A. (Municipal Admn. & Urban Development) G.2, dated 18.01.2000, part of sanitation work is required to be entrusted to the Sanitary Workers Unions without participating in the tenders. Indisputably, the above referred G.O. is in operation. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent to follow G.O.Ms.No.30 M.A. (Municipal Admn. & Urban Development) G-2 Department, dated 18.01.2000 and set apart a portion of sanitation works for being allotted to the societies on nomination basis. No costs. ________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY J., Dt.10.09.2008 tjs ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to the Principal Secretary to Govt.of A.P., Municipal Administration &Urban Development (G2) Department, Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Kadapa Municipal Corporation, Kadapa Dist 3.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}