THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.3747 of 2003 Between: O. Krishna Babu, S/o. Venkata Swamy, aged about 26 years, OCC: Agriculture, and Convenor of Galipalem Village Level Committee and R/o. Galipalem Village, Podalakur Mandal, Nellore District. … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Commissioner for Relief & Ex-officio Secretary to Government, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and others. … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allotting the rice at the rate of Rs.5.65 Ps. Per kg. for equivalent value of the work which was executed by the petitioner under the Food for Work Programme, is arbitrary, unreasonable and for a consequential direction to the respondents to allot the rice at the rate of Rs.5.65 Ps. Per kg. As per the orders of the Government in Memo No.43581/Rlf.Iiy 2001-3 dated 20-09-2001. 2. When the writ petition has been taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents and admitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the subject matter of the writ petition is squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this Court in W.P.No.22922 of 2002 dated 17-03-2003, wherein the writ petition was dismissed. 3. Recording the submission and following the ratio laid down by the Division Bench in the aforementioned order, the writ petition stands dismissed for similar reasons. No costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J September 2, 2005 MRR