THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 21003 OF 2008 O R D E R: The Oﬃce of Upa-Sarpanch in Huzurabad Grampanchayat fell vacant, on account of resignation of the incumbent. The State Election Commission initiated steps for filling up the vacancy, vide its notiﬁcation dated 17.9.2008. Consequently, the District Election Authority and District Collector, the 2 nd respondent herein, issued notiﬁcation dated 18.9.2008, proposing to conduct elections on 25.9.2008. The 4th respondent was appointed as Election Oﬃcer, and he in turn, issued a notice on 21.9.2008, in this regard. The petitioner is one of the Ward Members and Ex-Upa-sarpanch. He challenges the steps taken by the respondents. The grievance of the petitioner is that 3 clear days is not maintained, between the date of election and date of service of notice. He contends that the notice was served upon him, only in the afternoon of 23.9.2008. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. The process for ﬁlling up the vacancy of Upa- Sarpanch was initiated, way back on 17.9.2008. This was followed by a notiﬁcation issued by the District Collector, on the next day, and the date of election was mentioned as 25.9.2008. The 4th respondent was appointed as Election Oﬃcer and he issued notice dated 21.9.2008. If the date of notiﬁcation issued by the Collector, or the 4 th respondent, is taken into account, there is 3 clear days of time, between the date of election and the date of notice. The contention of the petitioner that 3 days time must be maintained, between the date of service of notice and date of election, cannot be accepted, in view of the judgment of the Full Bench of this court in K. SUJATHA v. GOVERNMENT OF A.P [1] . The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ 24th September 2008 PAN [1] 2004(3) ALD 1 (F.B)