IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.1623 of 2008 Between: D. Seshareddy, S/o.Chinna Subba Reddy, Aged about 40 years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o.Kaluvapalle Village and Post, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa District … Petitioner And The District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District and others … Respondents Order: The petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondents 1 to 4 in not conducting any enquiry pursuant to Memo dated 27-07-2007 vide Lr.No.2626/2007-A2, issued by the second respondent-District Panchayat Officer, Kadapa, Kadapa District, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to declare the election of the fifth respondent herein as Sarpanch of Kalavapalli village, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa District as null and void. Elections were held to the vacant post of Sarpanch of Kalavapalli village, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa District in the month of August, 2006. The petitioner and the fifth respondent were the contestants to the said post. Fifth respondent was declared elected and is holding the office of the Sarpanch. It is the case of the petitioner that the fifth respondent is already a member of the Agricultural Market Committee, Badvel, Kadapa District; as such he is disqualified to be elected Sarpanch, and is not fit to be continued as such, in view of the provision under Section 18 of the Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. It is his grievance that although the second respondent-Divisional Panchayat Officer has issued Memo dated 27- 07-2007 to conduct enquiry no further steps have been taken. Though the writ petition is of the year 2008, no counter affidavits are filed. Even though the fifth respondent, a private party, is served there is no appearance on his behalf to oppose this petition. There is no appearance on behalf of the Government also. Whether the petitioner is fit to be continued as Sarpanch even while holding the post of the Member of the Agricultural Market Committee, is a matter which is the domain of the competent authority, who has to conduct enquiry into the same. As much as the second respondent-Divisional Panchayat Officer has issued Memo dated 27-07-2007 referring to the representation of the petitioner dated 11-07-2007 and as there is no appearance on behalf of any of the respondents, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 11-07-2007 and take appropriate steps in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within two months from the date of receipt of this order. Subject to the above, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs.