IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1527 of 2008 Between: The School Management Committee, Primary School, Gattepally, Sulthanabad Mandal, Karimnagar District, rep by its Sarpanch X-officio Chair-person, Smt.Gurram Swaroopa, W/o. Rajaiah, aged 30 years, r/o. Gattepally Village, Sulthanabad Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Educational Officer, Full Additional Charge (FAC) Karimnagar. 2 The Mandal Educational Officer, Sulthanabad, Karimnagar District. 3 The Head Master Primary School Gattepally, Sulthanabad, Karimnagar District. 4 The Projet Officer, Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan, Karimnagar. 5. The District Collector and Chairman, Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan, Karimnagar. 6. The Branch manager, State Bank of Hyderabad, Sulthanabad, Karimnagar. (Respondents 5 and 6 are impleaded as per the Court Order dated 15.02.2008 passed in WPMP No.3746 of 2008). .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings in Rc.No. 11810/E7/07 dated 07-1-2008, on the ﬁle of the 1st respondent herein, as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and in violation of principles of natural jsutice and consequently quash the same. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.RAMULU Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the School Management Committee, Primary School, Gattepally, Sulthanabad Mandal, Karimnagar District rep. by its Sarpanch/Ex-Oﬃcio Chair-Person Smt.Gurram Swaroopa, assailing the proceedings in Rc.No.11810/E7/07, dated 07.01.2008, issued by the District Educational Oﬃcer, FAC, Karimnagar, whereby and whereunder the Sarpanch/Ex-Oﬃcio Chair-Person has been substituted by the Mandal Educational Oﬃcer, Sulthanabad-2 n d respondent, for operating the joint account. 2. The petitioner is the School Management Committee, Primary School, Gattepally, Sulthanabad Mandal, Karimnagar District. It is represented by the Sarpanch, who is an Ex-Oﬃcio Chair-Person of Primary School, Gattepally. Construction of three additional classrooms has been sanctioned to Primary School, Gattepally under Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan (S.S.A.) Grants. The amount is to be kept in joint account. Cheque power has been given to the Ex-Oﬃcio Chair-Person and Headmaster of Primary School, Gattepally. While the additional classrooms were in the process of construction, the District Educational Oﬃcer, Karimnagar-1 st respondent issued proceedings on 07.01.2008 vide Rc.No.11810/E7/07, whereby Sarpanch/Ex- Oﬃcio Chair-Person has been substituted by the Mandal Educational Oﬃcer, Sulthanabad, for operating the joint account. 3. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader of Education Department appearing for the respondents 1 to 4. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that before deleting the name of the petitioner from operating the joint account, she was not put on notice and therefore, the proceedings issued by the District Educational Oﬃcer, Karimnagar-1st respondent are in utter violation of principles of natural justice. 5. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents 1 to 4 submits that the petitioner refused to sign on the cheques for payment to the works undertaken by the School Committee and therefore, the proceedings impugned in the writ petition came to be issued by the 1st respondent. 6. It appears the construction of additional classrooms in Primary School, Gattepally has been sanctioned under Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan (S.S.A.) Grants. It is stated that the construction of additional classrooms is under the supervision of the District Collector, Karimnagar-5th respondent, who is the Chairman of Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan Scheme. 7. In that view of the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition at the admission stage, giving liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation to the District Collector, Karimnagar-5th respondent to revise the proceedings issued by the District Educational Oﬃcer, Karimnagar-1 st respondent and in the event of her ﬁling representation, the same shall be considered by the District Collector, Karimnagar-5th respondent after putting on notice the eﬀected parties and pass appropriate orders within four weeks thereafter. No costs. _____________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:21st August, 2008. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI}