IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No.17823 of 2003 Between: G.Ganga Reddy. … Petitioner And The Government of A.P., reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Pancyayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Smt.K.V.Rajasree for Sri S.Satyam Reddy. Counsel for the respondents: --- This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue a Writ of Mandamus to declare the non-provision for party Whip and the cessation of holding of the office against a member voting in disobedience of party Whip in a motion of no confidence in Mandal President moved under Section 245 and rules made thereunder as arbitrary and against the basic structures of A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and against the Parliamentary democracy enunciated in the Constitution of India and consequently hold that party whip and the consequences of its disobedience as provided under Section 153 of the Act for election of President of Mandal Parishad are also applicable to a motion of no confidence moved under Section 245 of the Act and the Rules made thereunder”. At the hearing, Smt. K.V.Rajasree, learned counsel representing Sri S.Satyam Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for consideration and that the Writ Petition may be dismissed as infructuous. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:28-1-2010 MNR