THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7414 of 2011 Dated 22.03.2011 Between: Satuluri Sarojini …Petitioner And The Chief Executive Officer, Guntur and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri B.Sasibhushan Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 4: Sri G. Elisha, standing counsel for Gram Panchayats Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3: Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not notifyng the ferry of Kamepalli, H/o Bodhanam Gram Panchayat, Bellamkonda Mandal along with the Govindapuram ferry of Machavaram Mandal, vide notification dated 10.03.2011, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner is the Sarpanch of Bodhanam Gram Panchayat. It is her pleaded case that the ferry point with respect to Krishna river falls between Kamepalli, H/o of Bodhanam Gram Panchayat and Govindapuram Gram Panchayat. But, while notifying the ferry for collection of toll, Kamepali Gram Panchayat is not notified along with Govindapuram Gram Panchayat. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance on the certificate dated 12.04.2010 issued by the Tahsildar, Bellamkonda Mandal, Guntur District. Sri G.Elisha, learned standing counsel for Gram Panchayats representing respondent No.1, submitted that since the ferry point was fixed at Govindapuram Gram Panchayat, its name alone is notified. The main apprehension on which the present writ petition is filed is that unless the ferry point is notified in the name of Kamepalli, H/o Bodhanam Gram Panchayat, the said Gram Panchayat may not receive the revenue from the ferry. In my opinion, the dispute raised by the petitioner needs to be resolved through invocation of the departmental mechanism as provided under Rule 17 of the Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat, Public or Government Ferries Rules, 2000 (for short ‘the Rules’). Under this Rule, if any difference of opinion arises between the local bodies concerned under any of the provisions of the Rules, the same shall be referred to the District Collector concerned for his decision and if the local body is not satisfied with this decision it may move the matter before the Government through a revision petition under Section 264 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and the decision of the Government thereon shall be final and binding. In the light of existence of these remedies, the Writ Petition is disposed of with liberty to Bodhanam Gram Panchayat to approach respondent No.2, who shall decide the dispute in accordance with law within a period of two months thereafter after hearing both parties. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.9231 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd March, 2011 GHN