IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22466 of 2008 Between: 1 Bandi Dharma Rao, S/o. Rama Rao, R/o. Kakaraparru Village, Peravalli Mandal, West Godavari District. 2 Penmetsa Ramachandra Raju, S/o. late Satyanarayana Raju, R/o. Kakaraparru Village, Peravalli Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Panchayat Officer, West Godavari District, Eluru, 2 Kakaraparru Gram Panchayat, Kakaraparru, Rep by its Secretary, Kakaraparru Village, Peravalli Mandal, West Godavari district. 3 Madicharla Srinivasu, R/o.Kakaraparru Village, Peravalli Mandal, West Godavari 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 to issue an appropriate Writ order or driection more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not considering the representation dated 4-1-2008 ﬁled by the Petitioners herein along with others as arbitrary, illegal, capricious and consequently direct to consider the representation dated 4-1-2008 filed by the Petitioner forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SAI GANGADHAR CHAMARTY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22466 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners are said to be the Members of Kakaraparru Gram Panchayat, Peravalli Mandal, West Godavari District. They allege that the Sarpanch of the Village, 3rd respondent herein, got demolished the pound shed in the village and is trying to bring about a shopping complex. In the exchange of notices, it is said to have emerged that there were resolutions of the Gram Panchayat, enabling such action. The petitioners submitted a representation, dated 04.01.2008, to the District Panchayat Oﬃcer, 1st respondent herein, with a prayer to look into the record and take steps for cancellation of the resolutions. The grievance of the petitioners is that no action has been taken thereon. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj. A perusal of the representation, dated 04.01.2008, submitted by the petitioners before the 1st respondent discloses that their grievance is mostly about the legality and validity of the resolutions, dated 24.04.2007 and 28.07.2007. Even assuming that there is any procedural or legal defect in the resolutions, the petitioners have to approach the District Collector. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioners to approach the District collector, with necessary representation, who, in turn, may consider the feasibility of forwarding it to the Government for necessary action under Section 246 of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 16.10.2008 JSU ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22466 of 2008 Date: 16.10.2008 JSU