IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2296 of 2008 Between: Parvathi Shekar … Petitioner AND The Election Tribunal (Junior Civil Judge) Mancherial, Adilabad District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Venkateshwar Varanasi Counsel for respondents 2&3: AGP for Irrigation Counsel for respondent No.4: Sri V. Ravinder Rao This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2296 of 2008 ORDER:- At the interlocutory stage the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. In this writ petition the entitlement of respondent No.4 to participate in the Distributory Committee elections scheduled to be held on 07.02.2008 is questioned. Respondent No.4 was elected as the President of Water Users Association of Sabbepalli Village on 09.01.2008 and questioning the same, the petitioner filed an election petition before respondent No.1 Tribunal. The present writ petition is filed in order to prevent respondent No.4 from participating in the elections for the posts of President and Vice-President of the Distributory Committee. At the hearing, it is admitted that the said elections were held on 07.02.2008 itself. Since the petitioner already approached respondent No.1 Tribunal against respondent No.4 questioning the election of respondent No.4 as the President of the Water Users Association, I deem it appropriate to permit the petitioner to question the validity of election of respondent No.4 as the President of the Distributory Committee of Sabbepalli village by way of a fresh election petition before respondent No.1. The petitioner is permitted to file such an election petition within a period of four weeks from today. In such an event, respondent No.1 shall entertain and dispose of the same on merits, without raising any objection on the limitation. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.2961 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 10.04.2008 Note:- Issue CC in one week. B/o. ES