IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17745 of 2004 Between: 1 Smt. M.K. Sharadamma W/o Prahlada Rao 1st Ground Leader Navya Podupu Lakshmi Group Malapally Village, Mantralayam Mandal, Kurnool district 2 Smt. U. Uchiramma W/o Siddapuramudu 2nd Group Leader Navya Podupu Lakshmi Group, Malapally Village, Mantralayam Mandal, Kurnool district ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool 2 The District Educational Officer, Kurnool 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Mantralayam, Kurnool district 4 The Mandal Educational Officer Mantralayam, Kurnool District 5 The Head Master, Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School, Malapally Village, Mantralayam Mandal, Kurnool District 6 Smt. V. Ramalakshmi W/o Venkatesh Malapally Village, Mantralayam Mandal, Kurnool District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 respondents in not supplying rice to the petitioners and disabling them to supply meal under Primary School, Malapally Village, without issuing notice or proceedings to the petitioners, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to supply rice to the petitioners to enable petitioners to supply meal under mid day meal programme. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.B.VIJAYA BHASKER Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondents 4 to 6: None The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: The petitioners, who were appointed as an implementing agency to supply the Mid Day Meals to the students of Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School, Malapally village, complain that till August, 2004 they were supplied with the rice and other items enabling them to supply food but for the month of September, 2004, necessary items have not been supplied with by the fourth respondent-Mandal Educational Officer, Mantralayam, Kurnool district. In view of the same, they filed the present writ petition seeking directions to the respondents for supplying rice to the petitioners to supply the Mid Day Meals to the students. As per the guidelines issued by the Government for implementing the Mid Day Meals Programme in G.O.Ms.No.94, dated 25-11-2002, the Joint Collector is the monitoring authority with regard to the appointment of implementing agency and the District Collector is the overall in-charge of the district to see that the Mid Day Meals Programme will be implemented as directed by the Government. In view of the same, the petitioners can approach the Joint Collector, Kurnool, by way of representation and on making such representation, it is for the Joint Collector/District Collector, Kurnool, to consider the same and pass appropriate orders. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. 1st OCTOBER, 2004. Note: furnish c.c. in two days. B/o kvni To 1 The District Collector, Kurnool 2 The District Educational Officer, Kurnool 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Mantralayam, Kurnool district 4 The Mandal Educational Officer Mantralayam, Kurnool District 5 The Head Master, Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School, Malapally Village, Mantralayam Mandal, Kurnool District 6 Smt. V. Ramalakshmi W/o Venkatesh Malapally Village, Mantralayam Mandal, Kurnool District 7 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, A.P.High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 8 Two CD copies.