THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N.RAO NALLA WRIT PETITION No.12291 of 2009 Dated:18.11.2009 Between: Mallidi Venkata Reddy. ….Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Secretariat, And others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N.RAO NALLA WRIT PETITION No.12291 of 2009 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S.Rao) The petitioner is a resident of Ravulapalem in East Godavari District. Invoking Public Interest Litigation (PIL) jurisdiction of this Court, he filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 to 7 in sanctioning the bills submitted by respondent No.9 for the works it was entrusted and completed, as illegal and arbitrary, on the ground that the works executed by respondent No.9 are substandard, and therefore, a special audit should be conducted into the matter. The petitioner’s affidavit is silent on basic facts for invoking jurisdiction. He is neither a social worker nor a public-spirited man because no such averments are made regarding social work done or the works he attended to to evidence his public spirit. Be that as it is, this Court presumably for the reason that considerable state exchequer monies are involved, thought it fit to direct the District Collector, East Godavari District, to look into the matter and place the report before this Court. In obedience thereto, the District Collector got the works undertaken by respondent No.9 inspected by the Executive Engineer (R&B), Rajahmundry, and sent a report through the Government Pleader submitted by the Executive Engineer. The Executive Engineer conducted inspection work by work with reference to inspection manuals and found that all the allegations made by the petitioner are without any substance and far from reality. We have no strong reason to disbelieve or challenge the report of the Executive Engineer. We are convinced that it is a frivolous writ petition and such petitions should be dealt with not only by dismissing, but also mulcting the petitioner with exemplary costs. The Writ Petition for the above brief reasons is dismissed with costs directing the petitioner to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) as exemplary costs to the District Legal Services Authority, Rajahmundry, within a period of three months from today. If the amount is not paid, the District Legal Services Authority shall execute this order and recover the amount and send a compliance report to this Court. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) ________________ (B.N.RAO NALLA, J) 18.11.2009 Note: Send a copy of this order to the Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Rajahmundry. B/o. vs