IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4457 of 2004 Between: 1. The Vempadu Major (Nagarjuna Sagar) Ayacut Ryots' Welfare Association, Eluru, rep by Secrtary, Kommareddy Satyanarayana 2 Sri Jasti Vishnuprasada Rao S/o Appa Rao R/o Eluru, West Godavari District 3 Sri Cherukuru Radha Krishna S/o Venkatramaiah r/o Madicherla, Bapulapudu Mandal, 4 Sri Ramisethi Rama Rao s/o Mangaiah r/o Kothapalli, Papulapadu Mandal. 5 Sri Chalasani Krishnamohan Rao s/o Kasiviswanadhan R/o Pinakadimi, Pedavegi Mandal, West Godavari District 6 Sri Y.R.S. Varaprasad, /o Yanamadala Radha Krishna Murthy R/o Katrempadu, Musunuru Mandal 7 Sri Boddu Satyanarayana S/o Rathaiah R/o Gogulampadu, Musunuru Mandal, 8 Sri Palnati Gangadhara Rao S/o Raghu Rama Murthy, Cultivation, R/o Devaragunta, Nuzvid Mandal, Krishna District 9 Sri Kommana Giridhar kUmar, S/o Ramachandra Rao R/o Vatluru, Pedapadu Mandal, West Godavari District. 10 Sri Pathuri Kiriti S/o Rama Rao R/o Kokkirapadu, Pedapadu Mandal, West Godavari District. 11 Sri Morivineni Satyanarayana S/o Venkatanarasaiah R/o Ankannagudem, Pedavegi Mandal, West Godavari District. 12 Makineni Krishna Murthy S/o Ramaiah R/o Pedapativari Gudam, 13 B.V.R. Appa Rao S/o Venkatasomaiah R/o Akkireddygudam, 14 Mandal Baby Sujatha, W/o Raghunadha Rao R/o Akkireddygudam, 15 Andalavada narayana Rao S/o Venkataratnam, R/o Akkireddygudam, 16 Golla Mangaladri S/o Pitchaiah R/o Ramanakkapeta 17 Jaggavarapu China Sura Reddy S/o Lakshma Reddy, 18 Jaggavarapu Suramma W/o Brahmareddy 19 P. Prabhakara Rao S/o Suryanarayana, R/o Suryapalli 20 K. Nagaraju, S/o Subba Rao, R/o Suryapalli 21 Kolli Nageswara Rao S/o Srimannarayana R/o Basaravapadu, 22 Vempati Rama Mohan Rao S/o Venkateswara Rao R/o Basaravapadu 23 Muvva Nageswara Rao S/o Kotiah, R/o Basaravapadu, 24 K.V. Subba Rao S/o Seetharamaiah R/o Chekkapalli 25 M.V. Radha Krishna, S/o Subba Rao R/o Chekkapalli 26 M. Madan Mohan Rao, S/o Anjaneyulu R/o Chekkapalli 27 Elusu Venkateswar Rao, S/o Lakshminarayana, R/o Chekkapalli 28 Kasepalli Nageswara Rao S/o Raghavaiah R/o Chekkapalli 29 M. Venkateswara Rao S/oLakshminarayana R/o Chekkapalli, 30 M.S.S. Venkateswara Rao R/o Gugulampadu 31 Sugasani Sai Krishna Ramesh, S/o Satyanarayana R/o Gugulampadu 32 P.R. Prasad Rao S/o Ramprasad r/o Gogulampadu 33 A. Janakiramaiah s/o Basavapunnaiah R/o Musunuru 34 Devineni Mashusudhana S/o Venkataratnam, R/o Musunuru 35 Malladi Subrahmanyam S/o Anjaneyulu R/o Musunuru 36 R.V. Narasimha Rao S/o Sambasiva Rao R/o Musunuru 37 A. Harischandra Prasad, S/o Sambasiva Rao Cultivation, R/o Musunuru 38 Ch. Atchanta Ramaiah S/o Krishna R/o Musunuru 39 Garapati Balakrishna s/o Suryanarayana R/o Musunuru 40 Yanamaddla Mahankali Rao S/o Venkaiah R/o M. Narasannapalem, 41 Kannikanti Satyanarayana S/o Venkateswara Rao R/o Chillaboyinapalli, 42 Kendepu Radhakrishna S/o Venkateswar Rao R/o Chillaboyinapalli, 43 Challagulla Veeravenkata satyanarayana, S/o Satyanarayana R/o Bhogapuram 44 Challagulla Prasad, S/o Venkateshwarlu R/o Pedakadimi, 45 Katuri Sivarama Krishna S/o Srimannarayana R/o Bhogapuram 46 Eluru Subba Rao S/o Venkateswara Rao 47 Konasani Venkateswarlu S/o ramaswamy R/o Vempadu, 48 Yanamadala Venkat Rao S/o Aniruddudu r/o Palleriamudi, 49 Akkineni Raja Rama Mohan Rao, s/o Nelakanteswara Rao 50 Mareedu Suribabu, S/o Koteswara Rao R/o Vempadu 51 Manda Veeraiah S/o Subba Rao R/o Kokkurapadu ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by Secretary, Irrigation & Command Area Development (IRR.II) Department, A.P. Secretariat, secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 2 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District 3 The Chief Engineer, Medium Irrigation, Erram Manzil, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 4 The Chief Engineer, Nagarjunasagar Project, Hill Colony, Nalgonda District 5 The District Collector, West Godavari district, Eluru 6 The District Collector, Krishna District at Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam 7 The Superintending Engineer, NSLC., Circle, Nuzvid, Krishna Distirct .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus, call for the records relating to and in connection with the issuance of G.O.Ms.No.164, dt 28-10-2003 by the first respondent and the consequentially declare the same as violative of principles of natural justice offending the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.JAGDISH (None appeared) Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADOVCATE GENERAL The Court made the following: ORDER: (per the Hon’ble The Chief Justice) When the matter is taken up for hearing, nobody appears for the petitioners. Accordingly, the writ petition shall stands dismissed for default. No order as to costs. __________________ (DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ) 14.02.2005 __________________________ (B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J) DR To 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by Secretary, Irrigation & Command Area Development (IRR.II) Department, A.P. Secretariat, secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 2 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District 3 The Chief Engineer, Medium Irrigation, Erram Manzil, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 4 The Chief Engineer, Nagarjunasagar Project, Hill Colony, Nalgonda District 5 The District Collector, West Godavari district, Eluru 6 The District Collector, Krishna District at Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam 7 The Superintending Engineer, NSLC., Circle, Nuzvid, Krishna Distirct 8 2 CCs to the Advocate General, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 9 2 CD copies