IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.18431 OF 2006 Between: Kalluri Yadagiri Goud. … Petitioner AND The Superintending Engineer (P.R, R.W.S), Nalgonda, Nalgonda District and two others. …Respondents This Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner, the Sarpanch of Yellareddygudem Gram Panchayat, Narketpally Mandal, Nalgonda District, filed the present writ petition seeking to restrain the respondents, the authorities of the Rural Water Supply Department of the Panchayat Raj Wing of the State, from constructing a water tank near Plot No.39 of Ramnagar Colony, Yellareddygudem Gram Panchayat on the ground that the same was not convenient and was also contrary to the Gram Panchayat resolution dated 30-08-2006. 2. No interim orders were granted by this Court at the time of admission. 3. The Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply, Nalgonda District, respondent No.2, filed a counter stating that the selection of the location for constructing the water tank would depend upon the topography of the area, which would only be within the competence and expertise of the Engineering Department. The site near Plot No.39 in Ramnagar Colony of the village was said to have selected owing to its convenience, both as regards supply of water to the locality and also its proximity to the Nalgonda rural supply feeder line. It was further stated that technical and administrative sanction was accorded for the work in the month of July, 2006 and that the work was commenced without any objection from the petitioner-Sarpanch, who also participated in the pooja on 29-8-2006. 4. As no interim order was granted by this Court interdicting the construction work of the water tank, the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj was asked to obtain instructions as to the present status. 5. Today, the learned Government Pleader produced letter dated 07-02-2011 addressed by the Superintending Engineer, R.W.S & S Circle, Nalgonda, stating to the effect that the construction of the 40 kilo litre over head service reservoir at Ramnagar Hamlet of Yellareddygudem Gram Panchayat of Narketpally Mandal, Nalgonda District had been completed and was functioning properly, as informed by the Deputy Engineer, R.W.S & S, Sub-Division, Nalgonda. 6. In view of the above developments, no cause survives for adjudication in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J 10th February, 2011. AMD/KVS