IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8197 of 2004 Between: 1 P.Muralidhar S/o Ramaswamy Pakhal Fishermen Sangam, R/o 16-17/1, S.D,.Road, Narsampet,Warangal Dist 2 Bayya Venkanna S/o Pichaiah R/o 16-17/1, S.D,.Road, Narsampet,Warangal Dist 3 Kallaboina Mogili S/o Rajaiah Ashoknagar , Narsampet, Warangal Dist 4 Ankela Kishore S/o Veeraswamy Narsampet, Warangal Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 District Forest Officer (South) warangal , Warangal Dist 2 Sub-Divisional Forest Officer Narsampet Warangal Dist 3 Divisional Forest Officer Wildlife Protection, Warangal 4 The District Collector Warangal Dist .....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 particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS. declaring the action of the respondents in preventing the petitioner and other ﬁshermen of the local village from conducting ﬁshing operation in pakhal lake by using traditional methods as being arbitrary, illegal, contrary to the proviso to section 26-A(1) of Wildlife Protection Acdt, 1972 and the G.Os. issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh from time to time apart from being violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioners under Art. 21 of the constitution of India . Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI BOMMINENI AGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8197 of 2004 ORDER: This is an old matter of 2004. The writ petition is coming up for ﬁnal hearing for the last one week. In spite of the same, none appears for the petitioners, and the learned Counsel for the petitioners is absent. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed for default/non-prosecution. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 07.11.2008 vs To 1 District Forest Officer (South) warangal , Warangal Dist 2 Sub-Divisional Forest Officer Narsampet Warangal Dist 3 Divisional Forest Officer Wildlife Protection, Warangal 4 The District Collector Warangal Dist 5 2CCs to G.P for Forests, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 6 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{GR}