IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 22792 of 2005 Between: Ch.Narayana Rao and 4 others ..... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, East Godavari District at Kakinada and 3 others .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Seeking a Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents 1 to 3 in not considering the representation of the petitioners and members of Antarvedi Kara Samisti Cooperative Collective Farming Society, dated 13.06.2005, as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Cooperation. It is stated that the Government had allotted land to an extent of Ac.66.90 cents to the petitioners’ society by name Antarvedi Kara Samisti Cooperative Collective Farming Society, Antarvedi, Sakhinetipalli Mandal, East Godavari District and all the members have been cultivating the same collectively. It is further stated that the President of the said society with a mala fide intention, to break up the unity of members, is making attempts to convert the joint land of the society into individual plots. It is also stated that if the said society is registered under A.P.Cooperative Societies Act, the respondents have no jurisdiction to pass any orders, and it is only for the society to take steps in accordance with the provisions of the A.P.Cooperative Societies Act. It is not made clear that whether the petitioners’ society is registered under A.P.Cooperative Societies Act or under Public Registration of Societies Act. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, with a direction to the 2nd respondent, to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 13.06.2005, if the petitioners’ Society is registered under A.P.Cooperative Societies Act, and pass appropriate orders thereon, in accordance with law, after giving opportunity to the petitioners. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 28.10.2005 Dsr