THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.1372 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner is elected as a Vice-President of Muttaram Mandal Parishad, Karimnagar District, in the year 2006. Out of nine members of the Mandal Parishad, six submitted a requisition in Form-II prescribed under the Rules published in G.O.Ms.No.200, dated 28.04.1998, to the Revenue Divisional Officer, 3rd respondent herein with a request to convene the meeting of the Mandal Parishad, to take up the motion of no confidence against the petitioner. Acting on the same, the 3rd respondent issued notice in Form-V proposing to convene the meeting on 04.02.2009. The petitioner challenges the same. It is pleaded that the notice in Form-V served upon the petitioner does not contain the date of issue. Several other grounds are also urged. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj has produced the record. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj. The petitioner categorically asserted that the notice in Form-V served upon him does not contain the date of issue. A perusal of Rule 3 discloses that a duty is cast upon the Revenue Divisional Officer to issue a notice of 15 clear days to convene the meeting. The Rule also insists that the 15 clear days must be reckoned between the date of issue and the date of meeting, excluding both dates. Therefore, it becomes essential that the notice must contain the date of issue. In the absence of the same, it would become difficult to find out whether the notice accords with Rule 3. Once the impugned notice is found to be without date, a clear violation of the Rule becomes manifest. The writ petition is accordingly allowed and the notice in Form-V issued to the petitioner, proposing to convene the meeting of the Mandal Parishad on 04.02.2009 is set aside. It is however left open to the 3rd respondent to issue fresh notice strictly in accordance with law. All the consequence that flow from out of the meeting held on 04.02.2009 shall stand set aside. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 18.02.2009 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.1372 of 2009 Date: 16.02.2009 JSU