IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 14848 of 2008 Between: Venkateswara Yuvajana Sangam (Women Organization) Shanthinagar, rep. by Group Leader Smt. G. Dhanalaxmi W/o. Gopal Rao, R/o. Shanthinagar, Waddepalli Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary Civil Supplies Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Mahabubnagar District. 3 The Joint Collector, Mahabubnagar District. 4 The District Manager, Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corpn. Ltd., (In short APSCSCL) Mahabubnagar District. 5 Raghavendra Mahila Podupu Sangam, rep. by its Group Leader, Waddepalli (Vg.) & Mandal, Mahabubnagar 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 will 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 proceedings No. CS/631/2008 dt. 01.07.2008 is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Art. 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.ACHUTA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 14848 of 2008 ORAL ORDER The petitioner herein was appointed as a Contractor for door delivery of LPG Cylinders in Shanthinagar Village under an agreement dated.30-07-2005. It is not in dispute that the said agreement was valid only up to 31-07-2007. However the petitioner states that even after the expiry of the agreement, the petitioner was allowed to continue and all of a sudden by proceedings dated.01-07-2008 the Joint Collector- the 3rd respondent entrusted the work to the 5th respondent herein. Contending that the said action of the 3rd respondent in not entrusting the work to the petitioner, though its work was found to be satisfactory all through is arbitrary and illegal, the present writ petition is filed. The 3rd respondent ﬁled a counter-aﬃdavit stating that the Project Director, IKP/DRDA by letter dated.29-04-2008 forwarded the representation of the 5th respondent - Mandal Mahila Samakya, Waddepally, Shantinagar, for taking up the contract and having found that the 5th respondent which is a Self Help Group is eligible as per the instructions given by the General manager (Marketing) of A.P. State Civil Supplies Corporation, a fresh agreement has been executed infavour of the 5th respondent. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Civil Supplies, I am unable to hold that the impugned action of the 3rd respondent suﬀers from any legal inﬁrmity warranting interference by this Court. Admittedly the agreement in favour of the petitioner stood expired long back and absolutely no case is made out to show that the petitioner acquired a legal right for grant of contract for further period. Hence it is not open to the petitioner to seek a mandamus compelling the 3rd respondent to continue the work in its favour. Accordingly the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _________ G.ROHINI,J 26th September,2008 *TSNR