IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND SIX PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.15663 of 2006 Between: Nakka Abayya. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Election Commission, rep. by its Secretary, State Election Commission, Buddha Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad, and 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Writ Petition No.15663 of 2006 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned proceedings issued by the 2nd respondent vide proceedings No.Ref.G/1133/2006 dated 23-07-2006 rejecting the petitioner’s nomination u/s.19(h)(i) of the A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 to contest for the post of Sarpanch, Aminabad Village of U-Kothapalli Mandal, East Godavari District in the forthcoming Panchayat Elections as illegal, arbitrary, abuse of power and violative of principles of natural justice and for a consequential order directing the respondents to accept the nomination enabling the petitioner to contest for the said post in the forthcoming Panchayat Elections scheduled to be held on 02-08-2006. Sri Ch.Dhanamjaya, learned Counsel for the petitioner, has urged several factual details and would contend that the impugned proceedings of the second respondent does not disclose any intelligible reasons at all, and as such, the same are liable to be set aside. At this stage, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the impugned proceedings inasmuch as the petitioner is having an efficacious alternative remedy by way of filing an election petition. Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of. It is needless to mention that the petitioner is at liberty to raise all the grounds raised in this Writ Petition before the appropriate Tribunal. No order as to costs. ------------------------- - 31st July, 2006 LUR