IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 32986 of 1998 Between: 1 Duggireddy Tirupati Reddy S/o. Subbareddy Viruvuru. 2 Gonu Venkateswara Reddy S/o. Tirupatireddy R/o. Viruvuru. 3 Shaik China Mastan S/o. Shaik Imam Saheb R/o. Viruvuru. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 A.P.State, Rep. by the Secretary, Revenue (Assignments) Hyderabad. 2 The Collector, Nellore. .....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 directions to the revenue authorities namely Respondents 1 and 2 by way of a writ and more particularly a writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other writ or direction, directing the respondents to provide grants under the Indira Awas Yojana Scheme and under the M.L.A. quota scheme to the B.Cs. and also the minorities and all other affected persons by reason of floods and inundation by the waters of Nakkalagandi Reservior in the Village of Viruvuru, Varikuntapadu Mandalam, Nellore District. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.Y.G.KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ASSIGNMENTS The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice) None for the petitioners. We have gone through the contents of the petition in which direction is sought against the respondents to provide grants under Indira Awas Yojana Scheme and under the M.L.A. quota scheme to the Backward classes. Such direction as prayed for cannot be issued in exercise of writ jurisdiction unless some arbitrariness is shown. There is not even an allegation to that effect in the petition. Petition dismissed. ___________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ 8-11-2004 _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J tvr To 1 The Secretary, Revenue (Assignments) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Collector, Nellore, Nellore District. 3 2 CCs to the Govt. Pleader for Assignments, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 2 CD copies.