IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.12630 of 2002 Between: 1. Dirusumerru Water User Association, rep. by its President, B.V.V.Rama Rao, S/o. Reddy Naidu, R/o. Yanamadurru Village, Bheemavaram Mandal, W.G.District. 2. Thundurru Water User Association, Rep. by its President, A.Kasivisweswara Rao, S/o. Veeraswamy, R/o. Thundurru Village, Bheemavaram Mandal, W.G.District. 3. Veeraswaram Water User Association, rep. by its President, K.Rangaiah Naidu, S/o. Venkata Raju, R/o. Metsapuri Village, Veeraswaram Mandal, W.G.District. 4. Taderu Water User Association, Rep. by its President, B.Sektheswara Sambamoorthy, S/o. Narasimha Rao, Taderu Village, Bheemavaram Mandal, W.G.District. 5. Penumantra Water User Association, rep. by its President, K.K.S.Venkata Bhaskar Reddy, S/o. Venkatareddy, Penumantra Village and Mandal, W.G.District. 6. Mellipudi Water User Association, Rep. by its President, K.Sankarasrirama Reddy, S/o. Somaraju, Illindraparchu Village, Penumantra Mandal, W.G.District. 7. Tholeru Water User Association, Rep. by its President, E.Venkataramana Rao, S/o. Chinna Narasingaiah, Tholeru Village, Veeravasaram Mandal, W.G.District. 8. Mandapaka Water User Association, rep. by its President, V.Venkatarao, Komarru Village, Gangapavaram Mandal, W.G.District. 9. Palakoderu Water User Association, rep. by its President, K.V.Gopalakrishnamaraju, S/o. Satyanarayana Raju, Palakoderu Village and Mandal, W.G.District. 10. Rayakuduru Water User Association, Rep. by its President, M.Rama Rao, S/o. Sambamurthy, Rayakuduru Village and Mandal, W.G.District. 11. Duvva Water User Association, Rep. by its President, M.Satyasundara Rao, S/o. Ramanna, Duvva Village, Tanuku Mandal, W.G.District. 12. Relangi Water User Association, rep. by its President, G.Kesava RAo, S/o. Venkaiah, Relangi Village, Oragavara, Mandal, W.G.District. 13. Attili Water User Association, rep. by its President, V.Suryanarayana Raju, S/o. Seetharamaraju, Manchili Village, Attili Mandal, W.G.District. 14. Mogallu Water User Association, rep. by its President, Ch.Gowthama Venkataramana Raju, S/o. Eswara Raju K., Korukallu Village, Palakoderu Mandal, W.G.District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Secretary, I & CAD Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Engineer (Godavari Western Division), Nidadavolu, W.G.District. 3 The Deputy Executive Engineer (Irrigation), Tanuku Sub- Division, Tanuku Village and Mandal, W.G.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, declaring the action of the Respondent issuing G.O.Ms.No.119, Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD-IV-I) Department, dated 16-6-2002, directing the 2 and 3 Respondents to takeover the charge of the water users Associations and Distributory committees including the petitioners, as soon as the tenure of the Associations, including the petitioners Associations is completed and the further action of Respondents 2 and 3 in seeking to take charge of the petitioners Associations is arbitrary, illegal, unjust, violative of the fundamental right guaranteed Under Article 14 of the constitution of India and contrary to the object and provisions of the A.P. Farnmers Management of Irrigation System Act, 1997 and also decision of the Cabinet dated 1-7-2002 and consequently direct the respondents to continue the elected body of the petitioners Associations till elections are held. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.I.V.N.RAJU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.12630 of 2002 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking to declare G.O.Ms.No.119, Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD-IV-I) Department, dated 16-6-2002, directing respondents 2 and 3 to takeover the charge of water users Associations and Distributory committees, including the petitioners, as soon as the tenure of the Associations is over, as arbitrary and illegal, and consequently direct the respondents to continue the elected body of the petitioners Associations till elections are held. When this matter is taken up for hearing today, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in view of the interim order dated 16.07.2002 passed by this Court, the relief sought by the petitioners has already been worked out and therefore, no further orders need be passed in this writ petition. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ (V.Eswaraiah, J) 26th August 2008 sh