IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 8948 of 2008 Between: Komatigunta Chennaiah S/o.Pochaiah R/o.Veeraddyapalem Vidavalur(M) Nellore Dist ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Dist Collector Cum Dist Election Authority Collector Office Nellore Dist 2 The Mandal Parishad Development Officer Mandal Election Authority M.P.D.O.Office Vidavalur Vidavalur(M) Nellore Dist 3 Madduluru Sunil S/o.Venkateswarlu R/o.Varini(V) Vidavalur(M) Nellore Dist .....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 issue an order or direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the delay in disposal of the Election O.P.No.8 of 2006 on the file of the Court of the principal Junior Civil Judge Cum Election Officer Tribunal Kovur Nellore Dist as illegal arbitrary and unjust and in violative of Article 14 of constitution of India and the provisions relating to election Disputes under A.P Panchayat Raj Act 1994 and the rules framed thereunder and consequently direct the principal Junior Civil Judge Cum Election Tribunal Kovur Nellore Dist to dispose of the Election OP No.8 of 2006 within the time to be fixed by this Honble Court and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.VENKATA NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the delay in disposal of the Election O.P.No. 8 of 2006, on the file of the Court of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Election Tribunal, Kovur, Nellore District, as illegal and consequently to direct the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Election Tribunal, Kovur to dispose of the Election O.P at the earliest. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he contested for the post of Sarpanch of Varini Gram Panchayat, Vidavalur Mandal, against the 3rd respondent in the elections held on 29.7.2006, he lost to the 3rd respondent in the said election. Alleging various malpractices and polling irregularities in the election process, he preferred Election O.P.No.8 of 2006 on the file of the Court of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum- Election Tribunal, Kovur, seeking declaration that the election is null and void and for a direction to the Election Tribunal to dispose of the O.P. Heard the learned counsel on either side and perused the material placed on record. This Court, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, directs the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Election Tribunal, Kovur, to dispose of the Election O.P.No.8 of 2006 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Since it is only a direction to the Election Tribunal to decide the said O.P., this Court is dispensing with the issuance of notice to the 3rd respondent. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J Date: 22.4.2008 cvm