IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 5867 of 2002 Between: 1 B.Ramulu, S/o.Narsaiah, Gram Panchayat Nacharam, Vargal Mandal, Medak District. 2 G.Kotaiah, S/o.Narayana, Theegal, Jagdevpoor Mandal, Medak District. 3 P.Satyanarayana, S/o.Chandraiah, Gram Panchayat Vattupalli, Jagdevpoor Mandal, Medak District. 4 K.Balakrishna Reddy, s/o.Sattireddy, Teegal, Jagdevpoor Mandal, Medak District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Medak at Sangareddy, 4 The Commissioner of Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR B.APPA RAO FOR MR.D.LINGA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: ---- The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the policy of the Government combining the Revenue and Panchayat functions by impugned G.O.Ms.No.369, PR&RD., dt:12.12.2001 and G.O.Ms.No.384, PR&RD., dt:22.12.2001 and its connected orders if any as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution and beyond the scope and intendment of the power under the A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Act.13 of 1994) and also opposed to all canons of equity, justice and fair play.” At the hearing, Sri B.Appa Rao, learned counsel representing Sri D.Linga Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 19th September, 2008 vrn