IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 15013 of 2008 Between: Shiridi Krishna Educational Society (regd. No. 603/1995) Narendrapuram, (Rajulapalem), Pothavaram PO., P. Gannavaram mandal, East Godavari District rep by its Secretary Ramisetti Gopinath ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P., rep by its Prl. Secretary Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat Hyderabad. 2 District Panchayat Officer, East Godavari District Kakinada. 3 Mandal parishad Development Officer, P. Gannavaram mandal, East Godavari District. 4 Gram Panchayat, Rajulapalem, P. Gannavaram mandal, East Godavari District. 5 District Collector East Godavri District Kakinada. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in not considering the representation of the petitioner to the respondents on various dates on 22-3-2006 and on 6-3-2008 requesting the authorities to take up permanent solution of drainage problem adjacent to the petitioners school in Narendrapuram Village (rajulapalem), Pothavaram Post, P. Gannavaram Mandal, East Godavari District as illegal, arbitrary and vioaltive of fundamental rights guaranteed under the construction of India consequently directing the respondents to take up the permanent recognition work for free flow of drain near the petitioners school and pass orders and pass any other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.V.S.PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 15013 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioner-a registered society, is running a high school at Rajulapalem village, P.Gannavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. It is stated that since there is no underground drainage system in the village and the existing open drain is passing adjacent to the school compound causing lot of pollution resulting in severe inconvenience to the students of the school, the petitioner herein made representations dated 22-03-2006 and 06-03-2008 requesting the respondents 3 to 5 to take necessary steps for construction of a proper drain. Aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondents in considering the request of the petitioner, the present writ petition has been filed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as per Section 45 of the A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, it is the duty of the Grampanchayat to make reasonable provisions for carrying out construction of drains, their maintenance and the disposal of drainage water and sewerage and therefore, the inaction on the part of the respondents to implement the statutory requirement is arbitrary and illegal. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and since the representations made by the petitioner are pending before the respondents 3 to 5, without expressing any opinion on merits, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioner’s representations dated 22-03- 2006 and 06-03-2008 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 15-07-2008 KLP