IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14624 of 2005 Between: Burra Chandraiah S/o. Bondaiahy Bhoopalpalli Gram Panchayat Bhoopalpalli Village and Mandal Warangal District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Mandal Revenur Officer Bhoopalpalli Warangal District. 2 Revenue Divisional Officer Mulug, Warangal District. 3 District Collector Kurnool 4 Project Officer Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Bhoopalpalli Warangal District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ASSIGNMENT The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in interfering with Acs.13.00 in Survey Nos.387/1 and 417/1 of Bhoopalpalli Village, which was allotted in favour of the Bhoopalpalli Gram Panchayat by respondent No.1, as arbitrary and illegal. A perusal of the record shows that the petitioner filed the writ petition claiming to be the Sarpanch of the Bhoopalpalli Gram Panchayat. The averments contained in the affidavit do not indicate when he was elected as Sarpanch and whether he had the authority to represent the Gram Panchayat. At the hearing, Sri. P.Prabhakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the petitioner is not continuing as Sarpanch as his term expired after the filing of the writ petition. In the face of this fact, I am of the view that this writ petition cannot be continued unless the Gram Panchayat authorized the petitioner to continue this writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner admitted that no such authorization has been granted by the Gram Panchayat in favour of the petitioner to continue the present writ petition. Hence, the writ petition deserves to be dismissed as the petitioner ceased to have locus to continue the litigation. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order dated 07-07-2005 is vacated. WPMP No.18571 of 2005, WVMP Nos. 2830 of 2005 and 826 of 2006 are dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated 19th June, 2008 vrn