THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.204 of 2008 Date: 23.04.2008 Between: G.Venkatappa Reddy … Petitioner AND The District Collector, Guntur district. And another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri S.Nanda Counsel for the respondents : G.P. for Irrigation HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.204 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein in proceedings for conduct of elections to the Water Users Association in major and minor irrigation projects of Vallabhapuram Gram Panchayat, Kollipara Mandal, Guntur district on 9.1.2008 without following the mandatory procedure or the rules in force, without giving any notice to the residents of Vallabhapuram Gram Panchayat so as to enable them to exercise their franchise as illegal, arbitrary and to consequently direct the respondents herein to follow the due procedure and the Rules in force for conduct of elections of Water Users Associations of major and minor irrigation projects of Vallabhapuram Gram Panchayat, Kollipara Mandal, Guntur district and to grant such other relief….” On 4.1.2008 this Court while declining to stay the elections, however observed that result of the election shall be subject to the result of the writ petition. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for respondents submitted that the elections were already conducted on 9.1.2008. Since, the petitioner has an effective remedy of filing an election petition under Rule 148 read with Rule 149 of the Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2003, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file an election petition before the Tribunal within a period of four weeks from today. On such filing of the election petition, the Election Tribunal shall entertain and dispose of the same on merits without raising any objection as to limitation. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.212 of 2008 filed by the petitioner seeking interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ___________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:23.04.2008 mdaa