IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16283 of 2008 Between: T.Venkatanarayana S/o.Rameshchandra Chowdhary Grampanchayat Gollagudem Tallada Mandal,Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, (Panchayat Wing) Khammam 2 The Project Director,DWAMA (District Water and Management Agency) Khammam 3 The Executive Engineer (B)m Khammam Divison Khammam 4 The Mandal Parishad Development Officer Tallada,Khammam District 5 The Asst.Engineer Mandal Parishad,Tallada (M) At Tallada,Khammam 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 will be pleased to issue writ or direction preferably writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking note of 300 mm rough stones which was utilized in the execution of work i.e. restoration of minor irrigation (MI) tank Gollagudem, Bhramanapally Cheruvu, Tallada (M) Khammam District and taking steps tocheck measure as 225 mm rough stone instead of 300 mm as illegal, arbitrary contrary to Scheme apart from ground realities and consequently direct the respondents to check measure the work counting 300 mm rough stone which was used in the execution of said work then finalize the bills and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16283 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioner, who claims to be the Sarpanch of Gollagudem Grampanchayat, filed this writ petition seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not taking note of 300 mm rough stones which was utilized in the execution of work i.e. restoration of minor irrigation (MI) tank Gollagudem, Bhramanapally Cheruvu, Tallada, Mandal Khammam District and taking steps to check measure as 225 mm rough stone instead of 300 mm as illegal and arbitrary. It is to be noted that the petitioner states that he has already made a representation to that effect on 22-07-2008 requesting the first respondent-District Collector to consider the above aspects and take the necessary steps. If that be so, the first respondent will consider the grievance of the petitioner and appropriate steps will be taken and the allegation of the petitioner that the respondents failed to act upon his representation is unfounded. Accordingly, while leaving it open to the first respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 22-07-2008 in accordance with law, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 28-07-2008 KLP