IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION No.7239 of 2000 Between: Yachavarapu Ranga Reddy, S/o. Venkatappaiah, R/o. Korllagudem Village, Kalluru Mandal, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, I & CAD Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief Irrigation and Command Area Development, Errummanzil, Hyderabad. 3 The CIOKRIP (Committee for Integrated Operation of Krishna and Pennar Basin Projects) rep. by its Chairman, O/o. The Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation & CAD, Errummanzil,, Hyderabad. .....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 more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the government in not organising the Project Level Committees in the light of Mandatory provisions contained in Sec. 7 and 19 of A.P. Farmers' Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 1997 and in continuing the discharge of extra water to a tune of more than 200 TMC in favour of the water users in Krishna , East and West deltas in the light of the advice rendered by CIOKRIP (Committee for Integrated Operation of Krishna and Pennar Basin Projects), by way of approval of the tentative working tables for integrated operation of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar reservoirs as illegal, void, discriminatory and opposed to the avowed objects of the A.P.M.O.I.S.Act 1997 and consequentially to direct the respondents No.1 to permit organisation of Project Level Committees to discharge their functions under Sec.19 of the said Act from the ensuing irrigation/Agricultural year 2000-2001 while restraining the CIOKRIP and Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation and Command Area Development (PW) Department from interfering with the budgeting of water by Project Level Committees as provided in the Act to ensure the equal distribution of water of different command areas under right and left canals of NSP and to pass such other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the cases. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri M.SUDHIR KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, the Acting Chief Justice) Nobody is appearing for the petitioner. The main grievance in this public interest petition is that elections to the Water Users Associations are not being held. Learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents has placed on record the letter received by the Advocate General from the Commissioner, CAD and Principal Secretary to Government informing that elections to the Water Users Associations in seven districts including Khammam with which we are concerned in this petition, will be held on 25th and 26th April, 2005. In this view of the matter, we do not think any further orders are necessary in this petition. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. ____________________ BILAL NAZKI, ACJ. ________________________ Dr. G.YETHIRAJULU, J. 19-04-2005 bsc ASST. REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, I & CAD Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief Irrigation and Command Area Development, Errummanzil, Hyderabad. 3 The Chairman, The CIOKRIP (Committee for Integrated Operation of Krishna and Pennar Basin Projects) O/o The Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation & CAD, Errummanzil,, Hyderabad. 4. 2 CCs to Govt. Pleader for Irrigation and Command Area Development, High Court buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}