HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.No.23899 of 1997 Date: 13.02.2007 Between: Kommalapadu Grampanchayat, Santhamaguluru Mandal, Prakasam District, represented by its Sarpanch Shaik Khader Masthan Shamsuddin …. Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented By its Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others. …. Respondents ORDER: Kommalapadu Grampanchayat has approached this Court seeking retention of a Bill Collector’s post and for sanction of grant-in-aid to the said post. It is not a case where the erstwhile Bill Collector has expressed his grievance regarding his discontinuance. If the Grampanchayat is of the view that the services of Bill Collector are needed for proper functioning of Grampanchayat, it is for it to represent to the authorities concerned and not for this Court to issue a Mandamus that the Grampanchayat should be permitted to have a Bill Collector or that necessary funds for the post of Bill Collector should be set apart for the Grampanchayat. Leaving it open to the petitioner-Grampanchayat, if it so considers to approach with an appropriate representation to the authorities concerned, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date: 13th February 2007 Ksn