THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.20478 OF 2007 DATED 15TH APRIL, 2011 BETWEEN Pericharla Subba Raju …Petitioner And The District Collector, Eluru, West Godavari District and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.20478 OF 2007 O R D E R The grievance of the petitioner herein, the Sarpanch of Pendyala Gram Panchayat, Nidadavolu Mandal, West Godavari District, was with regard to the failure on the part of the respondents in issuing him cheque books and pass books. He accordingly sought a direction to respondents 5 to 8 to release the same forthwith. In his counter, the Divisional Panchayat Officer, Kovvur, West Godavari District, stated that owing to an enquiry initiated into the misappropriation of funds at the Sub-Treasury Office, Nidadavolu, the records of Pendyala Gram Panchayat, including the cheque books and pass books, were seized. Thereafter, the petitioner was unanimously elected as the Sarpanch of the said Gram Panchayat. Pursuant to the orders of this Court in Writ Petition No.18519 of 2009 filed by the petitioner herein, directions were issued to the Sub-Treasury Officer, Nidadavolu, to allow the cheques presented by the petitioner and accordingly, on 12.11.2009, the Sub-Treasury Officer, Nidadavolu, issued cheque books and pass books to the petitioner. The Deputy Director, District Treasury Office, Eluru, West Godavari District, in his letter dated 23.06.2010 addressed to the learned Government Pleader for Finance and Planning, also affirmed that cheque books were issued to the petitioner and that the petitioner was permitted to operate the bank account of the Gram Panchayat. In view of the aforestated developments, it is clear that the grievance of the petitioner canvassed in this writ petition no longer survives for adjudication. The Writ Petition is accordingly closed. No order as to costs. ---------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR, J. 15TH APRIL, 2011. VGSR/PGS