IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 7752 of 2005 Between: S. Siva Prasad S/o. Maheswara rao, Z..P.P. & M.P.P. A.P.A.T. Hyderabad, R/o. Himayatnagar, Hyderabad-29. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Srikakulam District. 2 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Kakinada West Godavari District. 4 The Chief Executive Officer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 5 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Eluru, West Godavari District. 6 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 7 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Guntur, Guntur District. 8 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Ongole, Prakasam District. ...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 an appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in not paying the legal fees to the petitioner and consequently direct the Respondents to pay the legal fee to the petitioner as shown in the statement annexed to the Writ Petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.KESAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.DANTU.SRINIVAS The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORDER: The petitioner is a practising advocate. He was appointed as a standing counsel for Z.P.P. and M.P. in A.P. Administrative Tribunal and appeared in several cases during his tenure for a period of three years. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have failed to pay the legal fees to which he is entitled to in spite of several representations made by him. It is stated that the bills presented by him have been merely kept pending. The petitioner has furnished a statement of bills which are pending with the respondents and seeks a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the legal fees due to him, as arbitrary and illegal. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel Mr. Dantu Srinivas appearing for the respondents and keeping in view the undisputed fact that the petitioner was appointed as a standing counsel and in the light of the material on record which shows that the bills presented by the petitioner are kept pending with the respondents, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to finalise the bills presented by the petitioner in accordance with law and to pay the legal fees to which the petitioner is entitled to, as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J Dated: 27-04-2005 LSK To 1 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Srikakulam District. 2 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Kakinada West Godavari District. 4 The Chief Executive Officer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 5 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Eluru, West Godavari District. 6 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 7 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Guntur, Guntur District. 8 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Ongole, Prakasam District. 9 Two C.D. copies.