IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18845 of 2008 Between: Annapoorna Mutually Aided Consumers Cooperative Central Stores Ltd., rep by its Secretary & Incharge President M.Guru Krishna Vara Prasad, S/o. Venkaiah, aged about 35 years, R/o. H.No.12- 5-1, Prakashnagar, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Tadepalli Guden Municipality, Rep by its Commissioner, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT 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 of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the bill amount along with interest at the rate of 24% per annum from dated 03.08.2002 and subsequent dates as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory in nature and consequently direct the respondents to consider the representation submitted by the petitioner dated 01.08.2008 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.U.RAMANJANEYULU Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.NAGESWARA REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by Annapoorna Mutually Aided Consumer’s Cooperative Central Stores Limited, represented by its Secretary & In-charge President, assailing the action of the respondent in not acting on its representations with regard to payment of bills. The petitioner is a society registered under A.P. Cooperative Societies Act, vide Regd.No.474. It has been supplying bleaching powder, Phenoyl, Coconut Oil, Dustbins etc., to the respondent-municipality. It has supplied various items to the respondent on various dates, but having received the goods, the respondent failed to pay the bill amount. as such, the petitioner ﬁled O.S.No.71 of 2005 on the ﬁle of the Principal District Judge, Eluru, West Godavari District, which is still pending. Thereupon, the petitioner submitted representation on 01.08.2008 requesting the respondent to settle the bills. There being no response from the respondent, the petitioner choose to approach this Court invoking jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri S. Nageswara Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for Eluru Municipality received notice on behalf of the respondent. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent. The fact of the petitioner supplying certain items to the respondent is not in dispute. When the bill amounts are not paid, the petitioner submitted representation to the respondent for settlement of the account. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage, directing the respondent to consider the representation dated 1.08.2008 submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _________________________ (B. Seshasayana Reddy, J.) 29th August, 2008 Js. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Tadepalli Guden Municipality, Rep by its Commissioner, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District. 2 2 CD copies.