IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND SIX :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 5820 of 2006 Between: 1 Dudekula Ali Saheb, S/o.Bikari Saheb, 2 Battula Venkateswarlu @ Sadhu , S/o.Kotaiah, 3 Velupula Pedda Adam, S/o.Chinna Akkaiah, 4 Chapala Srinu, S/o.Nageswara Rao, 5 M.Satyanarayana @ Satyam, S/o.Chinnaiah, ..... Petitioners AND 1 The Commissioner, Fisheries, Santinagar, Hyderabad. 2 Deputy Director of Fisheries, Guntur. 3 The Asst.Director of Fisheries, Guntur. 4 The President, Perurapadu Fishermen Cooperative Society, Perurapadu Village, Bollapalli Mandal, Guntur District. .....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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, a) to declare the inaction on the part of the respondents for not taking any action on the representations submitted by the petitioners dated : 24-08-2005 and 06- 03-2006 as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to take immediate action on the above representations submitted by the petitioners. b) to direct the respondents 1 to 3 not to give any permission to the 4th respondent to entrust the fishing work to any private contractors, c) to further direct the respondent 1 to seize and take into his custody of the new records maintaining by the 4th respondent. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri T. Rajendra Prasad, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Govt. Pleader for Fisheries for Respondents 1 to 3. :: 2 :: The Court made the following ORDER : “List after 10 days for counter. Pending further orders, no steps shall be taken for removal of the members who are existing as on today in the Fishermen Co-operative Society, Perurapadu.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 The Commissioner, Fisheries, Santinagar, Hyderabad. 2 Deputy Director of Fisheries, Guntur. 3 The Asst.Director of Fisheries, Guntur. 4 The President, Perurapadu Fishermen Cooperative Society, Perurapadu Village, Bollapalli Mandal, Guntur District. 5 Two CCs to the Govt. Pleader for Fisheries, High Court Bldgs., Hyderabad.(OUT) 6 One spare copy. H.A. DRAFTED BY : H.A. DATED : 18.04.06 APPROVED BY : HIGH COURT RSRJ DATED :17.04.2006 NOTE : LIST AFTER 10 DAYS FOR FILING COUNTER. ORDER : WP NO.5820/06 DIRECTION