HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.18583 OF 2000 DATE:11.07.2007 Between: M. Lakshmana Rao ..... PETITIONER AND The State of A.P. rep. By its Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY W.P. No.18583 OF 2000 ORDER: This writ petition is filed in the year 2000 questioning the action of the respondents in reserving the office of Sarpanch of Madhurawada Gram Panchayat to Scheduled Castes, as arbitrary and illegal. When the matter is taken up for hearing, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for default. No costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J 11th JULY, 2007. Tsr