THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1030 of 2011 Date:25.01.2011 Between: A. Venkateswara Rao ..... Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Hyderabad and others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Ch.Janardhan Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4: Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj Counsel for Respondent No.5: Sri G. Elisha, standing counsel for Gram Panchayats The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside the proceedings dated 04.01.2011 of respondent No.2, whereby he has removed the petitioner from the office of Sarpanch in exercise of his powers under Section 249(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. From the averments contained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it is seen that the petitioner, being aggrieved by the order of removal, has filed a statutory appeal before respondent No.1. Therefore, this writ petition filed questioning the same order, which is subject matter of the appeal, cannot be maintained. However, Sri Ch. Janardhan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the stay application filed by his client has not been disposed of so far. Having regard to the urgency involved in the stay application, it is appropriate that respondent No.1 disposes of the same at the earliest point of time. Accordingly, while declining to entertain the writ petition at this stage, the same is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the petitioner’s application for stay within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.1259 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 25th January, 2011 Note: Issue CC in five days. (B/o) GHN