IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3425 of 2004 Between: The Perupalem North Gram Panchayat, Mogalthur Mandal, West Godavari Dist., Rep., by its Sarpanch A. Bhujanga Rao. … Petitioner AND The District Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru, & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri M. Janardhana Rao for Sri K. Chidambaram Counsel for respondents 1,3&4: GP for Revenue Counsel for respondents 5&7 : GP for Panchayat Raj This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3425 of 2004 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not releasing the rice against the rice coupons issued for the works undertaken and completed by the petitioner under Food for Work programme, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri M. Janardhana Rao representing Sri K.Chidambaram, learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submitted that the term of the Sarpanch expired after filing of the writ petition. The Gram Panchayat has not taken steps to get it represented by the newly elected body without which this writ petition cannot be continued to be pursued by the Sarpanch, whose term admittedly expired, without a fresh authorization by the petitioner Gram Panchayat. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner Grampanchayat to file a fresh writ petition, if it so chooses through the newly elected body. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.4504 of 2004 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 14.07.2008 ES