IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No : 17195 of 2008 Between: Dande Jaya Narasimhulu S/o.Penchalaiah Nadimur, Vinjamur Post & Mandal, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector & Magistrate, Nellore District. 2 The Asst. Director of Weavers Co-operative Societies/ Handlooms and Textiles Dept., Nellore District, Nellore. 3 Bhojanapu Lakshmi, Society, Nadimur, Vinjamur Mandal & Post, Nellore District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 a Writ, order or direction(s) more particularly, one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allowing the petitioner herein by issuance of a proceeding to get the records pertaining to the Sri Srinivasa Handlooms and Weavers Co-operative Society, 152, Nadimur, Vinjamur, Nellore District as the President of the said society by the 1st and 2nd respondents herein as being illegal, arbitrary, violative of Articles 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to take steps to handover all the relevant and remaining records which are under the custody of respondent No.3 now illegally relating to the said society, forthwith and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.V.NARASIMHAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR COOPERATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 17195 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioner herein is the elected President of Sri Srinivasa Handlooms and Weavers Co-operative Society. This writ petition is ﬁled aggrieved by the alleged action of the respondents, particularly the third respondent, who is the Ex-President of the Society, in not hading over all the records to the society, which are in the custody of the third respondent. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that after this writ petition is ﬁled, the third respondent has handed over some of the records, however, still the grant-in-aid register, inspection report and audit reports for the past four years have not been handed over. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Co-operation appearing for the respondents. Having regard to the nature of the controversy involved and having regard to the subsequent events, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to look into the matter and take appropriate steps, expeditiously, to see that all the records are handed over to the petitioner to which he is entitled to as per law. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 25-08-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in 3 days. B/o KLP