IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.4613 of 2002 Between: P.R. Chandrasekhar Reddy S/o. Late P.T. Rami Reddy Madaksira Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer A.P.Transco, Ananthapur. 2 The Asst. Deputy Engineer (A.D.E) Operation, Madakasira, Ananthapur District. 3 The Deputy Engineer A.P.Transco (Operation), Hindupur, Ananthapur District. 4 The Deputy Engineer A.P.Transco (Construction), Ananthapur. .....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 directing the respondents to stop the ongoing works to convert the Town Feeder into Rural Feeder enabling the Gram Panchayat to provide drinking water to the general public, holding that the conversion is bad and against to the public interest in supplying the drinking water. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri P.R.BALARAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents : Smt. M.Vinobha Devi (Not Present) Standing Counsel for A.P.Transco Sri N.Subba Rao, (Not Present) Standing Counsel for A.P.Transco The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble the Chief Justice) Writ Petition was filed on 11th March, 2002 and rule nisi was issued on 18th March, 2002. Further, on 14th March, 2002, at the request of learned standing counsel for respondents, time was allowed for filing reply. Pending admission of the writ petition, respondents were directed to maintain the supply of electricity from the town feeder and on 18th March, 2002, the interim order was made absolute. There is no appearance on behalf of respondents and no counter-affidavit has been filed. Therefore, we make the interim order absolute and dispose of the writ petition accordingly. ________________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. ________________________ M.NARAYANA REDDY, J 31-01-2005 bsc ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Superintending Engineer A.P.Transco, Ananthapur. 2 The Asst. Deputy Engineer (A.D.E) Operation, Madakasira, Ananthapur District. 3 The Deputy Engineer A.P.Transco (Operation), Hindupur, Ananthapur District. 4 The Deputy Engineer A.P.Transco (Construction), Ananthapur. 5. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VEENA}