IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.346 of 2005 Between: Habitation Level Water and Sanitation Committee(HWSC) Venkampet, Village : Venkampet Mandal : Chennur, Adilabad District, rep by its Treasurer Balina Bapu Reddy ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development, Dapartment of Drinking Water Supply Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 3 2 The District Collector, Adilabad. 3 The Superintendent of Engineer, Rural Water Scheme, Swajaldhara Project, RWS Division, Adilabad. 4 The Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Dugnepally (V), Chennur Mandal, Adilabad District. 5 The Chief Executive Officer, District Water and Sanitation Mission, Z.P. Complex, Adilabad, (The District Implementing Agency) Swajaldhara Project, Adilabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction, action of the Respondents NO. 2, 3 and 5 in diverting the Funds to the A/c No. 4899 of Grameena Saraswathi Bank, Chennur Branch at the instance of Respondent No. 4 instead of depositing in the joint A/c No. 600017 of Andhra Bank Chennur, which was allotted to the petitioner society for implementation of Swajaldhara project to institutionalise community participation in Rural Water supply programme in respect of Venkampet Village of Chennur Mandal of Adilabad District as per the sanction order No. W.11012/3/02/SW/TM-IV dt. 28-3-2003, as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and against the principles of natural justice and contrary to the purpose and object of Community participation in Rural Water Supply Programme undertaken by the Ministry of Rural Development and consequently direct the Respondents 2,3 and 5 to deposit the sanctioned amount into the petitioner society's Account by permitting them to proceed with the said sanctioned work. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.VINOD KUMAR DESHPANDE Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.A. RAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) Counsel for the Respondent No.2: GP for Revenue The Court, at the admission stage, made the following: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government appearing on behalf of the 1st respondent and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The main grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that respondent Nos. 2 to 5, instead of depositing the funds allotted to the petitioner-Society under Rural Water Supply Programme in respect of Venkampet village of Chennur Mandal of Adilabad District, in Andhra Bank, Chennur, are trying to divert the same to the account of Grameena Saraswathi Bank, Chennur Branch. Assailing the impugned action of respondent Nos.2 to 5 as illegal and arbitrary, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. The matter as to keeping of any amounts allotted under any scheme, in any Bank is an administrative matter, purely within the purview of the administrative authorities concerned, this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India cannot interfere in it and direct respondent Nos.2 to 5 to keep the money sanctioned under Rural Water Supply Programme in a particular Bank. The petitioner has no cause of action in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed at the admission stage. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 20.01.2005 Nsr To 1 Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development, Dapartment of Drinking Water Supply Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 3 2 The District Collector, Adilabad. 3 The Superintendent of Engineer, Rural Water Scheme, Swajaldhara Project, RWS Division, Adilabad. 4 The Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Dugnepally (V), Chennur Mandal, Adilabad District. 5 The Chief Executive Officer, District Water and Sanitation Mission, Z.P. Complex, Adilabad, (The District Implementing Agency) Swajaldhara Project, Adilabad. 6 Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 7. 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}