IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.34209 of 1998 Between: Anumala Yella Reddy, S/o Venkateshswara Reddy, R/o Chatragaddapadu village, Vinukonda Mandal, Guntur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector and District Election Authority for Grampanchayat Elections, Guntur District, Guntur. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsaraopet, Guntur Dist., 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer and Electoral Registration Officer, Vinukonda Mandal, Vinukonda, Guntur Dist., 4 The District Panchayat Officer-and- Grampanchayat voters list publishing officer, Guntur Dist., Guntur. 5 The Divisional Panchayat Officer, Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist., .....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 pass an order or direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in preparing and publishing the final irregular voters list, 1998, of the Gramapanchayat, Chatragaddapadu, Vunukonda Mandal, Guntur District, on 30.11.1998 for conducting elections to the post of Sarpanch, without considering the objections submitted by the Upa- Sarpanch of the village as bad, illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to prepare and publish fresh voters list for Chatragaddapadu village by taking into consideration the objections submitted by the Upa-Sarpanch of Chatragaddapadu village. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. C. DAMODHAR REDDY (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT. The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of the respondents in preparing and publishing the voters list-1998 of the Grampanchayat, Chatragaddapadu, Vinukonda Mandal, Guntur District on 30-11-1998 for conducting elections to the post of Sarpanch, without considering the objections submitted by the Upa-Sarpanch of the village, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently to direct the respondents to prepare and publish fresh voters list by taking into consideration of the objections submitted by the Upa-Sarpanch of the village. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 22.02.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector and District Election Authority for Grampanchayat Elections, Guntur District, Guntur. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsaraopet, Guntur Dist., 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer and Electoral Registration Officer, Vinukonda Mandal, Vinukonda, Guntur Dist., 4 The District Panchayat Officer-and- Grampanchayat Voters List Publishing Officer, Guntur Dist., Guntur. 5 The Divisional Panchayat Officer, Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist., 6 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 7 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SAM}