IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 5391 of 2005 Between: 1 Kundeti Kireetam, S/o K. Balaswamy Gogunta, Pedapadu Madnal, West Godavari District 2 Alla Vijayalaxmi W/o Nageswara Rao Gogunta, Pedapadu Mandal, West godavari District 3 Veerapapu Laxmi W/o Ramalingam Gogunta, Pedapadu Madnal, West Godavari District 4 Meka Rambaswaiah S/o Appaiah Gogunta, Pedapadu Madnal, West Godavari District 5 Kanikanti Pulliah Chowdary S/o Venkaeswara Subramanyam Gogunta, Pedapadu Madnal, West Godavari District 6 Paladugu Mohandas S/o Bhaskar Ramaiah Gogunta Pedapadu Mandal West Godavari District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, West godavari District Eluru, West Godavari District 2 The District Panchayat Officer, Eluru, West Godavari District 3 The Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Pedapadu Mandal, Pedapadu Village and Mandal, West Godavari District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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, order or direction more particulalry one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction on thepart of the respondnets in not conducting any open and oral enquiry in the villge of Gogunta against the misuse of funds of Grampanchayat and mismanagement in mainataince of panchayat records and not conducting the Gram Sabha meetings by the Sarpanch of the Village Sri Tummala Gopalakrishna and the then secretaries sri Pawan Kumar B. Yellamandala Rao inspite of repeated complaints made bythe villagers and the petitioners both orally and in writing dated 20-12-2004 till today in terms of the powers conferred U/s. 247 of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act as illegal, Arbitrary, capricious and unjust and consequently to the direct the respondnets to conduct open and oral enquiries against the said sarpanch and Secretaries int he Village of Gogunta, Pedapadu Mandal West godavari District our presence with reference to the villge records and take necessary action against he sarpanch and secretaries as perlaw within the time stipulated by this Hon'ble Court or to pass any other order Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 5391 of 2005 26-02-2009 Oral Order: Smt. N (P). Anjanadevi, learned counsel for the petitioners states that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording the submission, the writ petition is dismissed as ‘infructuous’. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 26-02-2009 Pvks