IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 4729 of 2008 Between: K.Venkata Subbaiah, S/o.K.Narasaiah, Kanpur Village, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore Dist., ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P.Co-Operative Tribunal At Vijayawada, Rep. by its Chairman, 2 Katthi Polaiah, S/o. Mastanaiah, Hindu, R/o. Veerannakanupuru, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore District. 3 Kumpati Prabhakar, S/o.Venkataramaiah,Hindu, R/o. Veerannakanupuru, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore District. 4 Ongupuri Seenaiah, S/o. Karreiah,Hindu, R/o. Veerannakanupuru, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore District. 5 Manda Venkataiah, S/o.Nagaiah,Hindu, R/o. Veerannakanupuru, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore District. 6 Kotta Chinnaiah, S/o.Thiripaiah,Hindu, R/o. Veerannakanupuru, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus by declaring the in action of the 1st respondent A.P.Co- operative Tribunal in not disposing of the Election O.P.No.31/2007, as illegal, arbitrary, and consequently direct the 1st Respondent to dispose of the O.P. forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR COOPERATION The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS} O R D E R:- This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the 1st respondent-A.P. Cooperative Tribunal in not disposing of the Election O.P.No.31 of 2007, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner was elected as President for the Managing Committee of Veerannakanupur Fishermen Cooperative Society, Veerannakanupur, Venkatachalam Mandal, Nellore District in the elections held on 22.4.2007. Questioning the said election, respondents 2 to 6 filed Election O.P.No.31 of 2007 on the file of the A.P. Cooperative Tribunal, Vijayawada seeking declaration that the election is null and void. Now, the petitioner’s grievance is that in view of the pendency of the Election O.P. the authorities are not supplying the seeds and other monetary benefits to which the society is entitled. Heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material placed on record. This Court, without expressing any opinion on the merits of case, directs the 1st respondent-Cooperative Tribunal to dispose of the Election O.P.No.31 of 2007 as early as possible, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________ 07.03.2008 bcj