IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.19196 of 2009 Between: Katuri Pandu Ranga Rao, S/o.Venkataratnam ..... PETITIONER AND The Executive Engineer, P.W. Department, Krishna Central Division, Vijayawada – 520 002 and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.19196 OF 2009 ORDER: This Court ordered notice before admission on 14.09.2009. 2. The writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus declaring action of respondent No.1 in not considering the representation dated 27.06.2009 with a request to stop any permission of lease till the disposal of O.P.No.7 of 2009 on the file of the Hon’ble Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Tribunal, Vijayawada, Krishna District, in respect of granting lease rights of society field grass in an open auction is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct respondent No.1 to consider the representation/objections dated 27.06.2009 made by the petitioner and others granting any leasehold rights in respect of society field grass of respondent No.4. 3. Several facts had been narrated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. It is stated that the representation had been disposed of by virtue of letter No.CB/Supdt/MC/10/6M, dated 11.09.2009. The same is recorded. It is no doubt specified in the said letter dated 11.09.2009 as hereunder: “Therefore you are informed that there are no evidential reasons for stopping the lease to the above society. It will be leased to the members of the Dr.Ambedkar Field Labour Co- operative Society No.H 2054, Valluru Palam for enjoying the yielding of cutting of rellu grass in said land at the present stage so as to avoid loss of Revenue to Government.” 4. No doubt it is also specified that in this connection it is informed that O.P.No.7 of 2009 filed by Sri Katuri Pandu Ranga Rao and 11 others on the file of Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Tribunal, Vijayawada is not pertaining to this Department, since the above said lanka land is leased out to the Society but not to the individuals and to lease out the lanka land is in the interest of Government income and also to provide livelihood to the poor people ie., Dr. Ambedkar Field Labour Co- operative Society No.H 2054, Valluru Palam. 5. In the light of the same, inasmuch as it is stated that O.P.No.7 of 2009 on the file of Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Tribunal, Vijayawada, Krishna District is pending disposal, let the Co-operative Tribunal make an endeavour to dispose of O.P.No.7 of 2009 at an early date, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ P.S. NARAYANA, J November 10, 2009 MD