HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR WRIT APPEAL No.644 OF 2009 Between: Jammalamadugu Gram Panchayath, rep. by its Sarpanch. …. Petitioner and The Executive Engineer (Panchayat Raj), Kandukur and others …. Respondents This court made the following: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR WRIT APPEAL No.644 of 2009 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) This writ appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is directed against the orders of the learned Single Judge, dated 07.04.2009, in dismissing W.P.No.2971 of 2009 at the admission stage. Petitioner-Jammalamadugu Gram Panchayat, filed the above writ petition questioning the allotment of works of laying C.C.Road in Jamalamadake village at an estimated cost of Rs.4,00,000/- to respondent No.3 vide proceedings Nos.IDLR/HD/08, dated 23.01.2009, and R.C.No.A15/2009, dated 20.01.2009, issued by respondent No.1, contending that the works have to be allotted by the works committee nominated and constituted by the Gram Panchayat as per G.O.Ms.No.37, dated 18.02.2005. Admittedly, when no works committee was constituted by the respective Gram Panchayat as per G.O.Ms.No.37, the alternative provided under the said G.O. is to allot the works to the self help groups in the Gram Panchayat by the District Collector. Respondent No.2-Mandal Parishad Development Officer, who filed counter, also stated that the petitioner Gram Panchayat has not constituted any works committee for the purpose of entrusting the works and hence, the said work was allotted to respondent No.3 following the procedure prescribed under G.O.Ms.No.37, dated 18.02.2005. In the absence of any works committee constituted, respondent No.1 rightly allotted the works to the self help group i.e., respondent No.3 and the order passed by the learned Single Judge in dismissing the writ petition at the admission stage, does not suffer from any illegality warranting interference. Further it is brought to our notice that during pendency of the writ petition, respondent No.3 already executed the work allotted to it by virtue of the stay granted by this Court, but he was not paid the amounts for the work so executed. In view of the same, respondents 1 and 2 are directed to release the amounts payable to respondent No.3 forthwith. With the above direction, the Writ Appeal is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ______________________ N.RAVI SHANKAR, J January 31, 2011 Note: Issue C.C. in three days {B/o} LMV