IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 26689 of 2001 Between: Pyla Mallikharjuna Rao, S/o. Pothu Raju, R/o. Pithapuram, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary, HOusing, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Director of Municipal Administration, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 3 District Collector, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 4 Pithapuram Municipality, Rep.by its Commissioner, Pithapuram, East Godavari District. 5 Chairman, Pithapuram Municipal Council, Rep.by its Commissioner, Pithapuram, East Godavari District. 6 Sri K. Rajasekhar, S/o. K. Prabhavati, R/o. Chittodi Thota, Pithapuram, East 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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction directing the1st Respondent to take action U/s.62 of the A.P. Municipalities Act to dissolve the Pithapuram Municipal Council for its default in performing the statutory duties enjoined on them under the A.P. Municipalities Act, 1965 in the matter of leasing out the right collect assel to the 6th respondent even without auction, nor collecting the dues from him at any rate in utter violation of the conditions of auction, forthwith and grant Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SINGAMSRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: When the matter was called on 10.04.2008, none appeared and it was posted to next week under the caption “for dismissal”. Even today also none appeared. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed for default. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:17.04.2008 Ccm To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BDLNM}