THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6297 of 2011 Date:11.03.2011 Between: K.Rajanna ..... Petitioner AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri K.Durga Prasad Counsel for Respondents: AGP for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside order, dated 02.02.2011, of respondent No.2, whereby he has removed the petitioner from the office of Sarpanch of Uthkoor Gram Panchayat. At the hearing, it is not disputed by Sri K.Durga Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, that the impugned order is amenable to appellate remedy before respondent No.1 under the provisions of the A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. Therefore, I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition filed bypassing the alternative remedy. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed, without going into the merits of the case, with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before respondent No.1. The learned counsel for the petitioner stated that though the order is shown to have been dated 02.02.2011, the same was received on 15.02.2011. If that be so, the petitioner is entitled to file an appeal within 30 days from the date of receipt of the order, subject to his filing proof in support thereof. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.7839 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 11th March, 2011 Note: Issue CC in three days. (b/o) VGB