IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.16536 of 2001 Between: 1 Katuru Sulochana, W/o K.Ramaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 2 Tummala Ratnamma W/o. T.Subbaramaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 3 Ratakonda Chinnakka W/o Vengaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 4 Katuri Subdramma D/o Narasamma R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 5 Sundu Narayanamma W/o Venkataiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 6 Sundu Gangamma W/o Venkata Narasaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 7 Sundu Vijaya, D/o Gangamma R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 8 Uppalapati Venkata Subbamma, W/o Potteyya, R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 9 Dugguneni Eswaramma, W/o D.Akkulaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 10 Dugguneni Ramulamma, W/o Lakshmaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 11 Kakarla Kamalamma, W/o K.Abbaiah Achari R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 12 Kakarla Nageswaramma W/o Mallikarjuna R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 13 Yerraguntla Venkatamma, W/o Y.Sriramulu R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 14 Yerraguntla Savitramma W/o Y.Eswaraiah, R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 15 Yerraguntla Ramadevi W/o Y.Ramalingaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 16 Katuru Ratnamma W/o Papaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 17 Katuru Peramma, W/o K.Penchalaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 18 Katuru Rajamma W/o K.Subbarayudu, R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 19 Chinnamma Ratakonda, W/o R.Changaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 20 Katuru Amaravathi W/o Venkata Subbaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 21 Yerraguntla Chinnamma W/o Y.Gundalaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 22 Kovvuri Ramasubbamma W/o K.Ramalingaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 23 Katuru Lakshamma, W/o K.Jayaramaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 24 Katuru Lakshamma, W/o K.Pedda Venkataiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 25 Katuru Ratnamma, W/o K.Venkata Subbaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 26 Yapati Krishnavenamma, W/o Y.Venkatapathi, R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 27 Yapati Vasanthamma W/o Chinnaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 28 Yapati Kanakamma W/o Y.Venkatapathi R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 29 Singana Eswaramma W/o S.Subramanyam R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 30 Singana Chinnamma W/o S.Ramaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 31 Singana Revathi W/o Changaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 32 Katuru Nrayanamma, W/o K.Venkataiah Chowdary, R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 33 Vattaluru Lakshamma, W/o V.Gangaiah, R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. 34 Katuru Narasamma W/o K.Vengaiah R/o Thimmaiahgaripalli (Village), Chitvel Mandal, Cuddapah District. …PETITIONERS AND 1. The Electoral Officer- Cum- Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajampeta, Kadapa District. 2. The District Panchayat Officer, Kadapa District. 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Chitvel Mandal, Kadapa 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 in the nature of MANDAMUS declaring the action of the 2nd Respondent in excluding the names of the Petitioners from the Electoral Rolls of Thimmayyagaripalli Gram Panchayat, Chitvel Mandal, Kadapa District, as illegal, unjust, arbitrary and unconstitutional and also without jurisdiction besides being violative of principles of natural justice, and to issue a consequential direction directing the respondents to include all the petitioners’ Names on the Electoral Rolls and permit them to Cast their votes in the Elections to be held on 14-8-2001 for the Thimmayyagaripalli Grampanchayat. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.SANKARAYYA Counsel for the Respondents: G.P. for Panchayat Raj The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioners are residents of Thimmayyagaripalli Village. The Elections to the said Gram Panchayat were notified on 01.08.2001 and the Elections were to be held on 14.08.2001. The petitioners allege that their names are deleted from the Electoral List. Therefore, they filed the present Writ Petition seeking a direction to the respondents to include the names of the petitioners in the Electoral Rolls and permit them to cast their votes. This Court admitted the Writ Petition on 13.08.2001 and dismissed the W.P.M.P.No.20685 of 2001 as the relief claimed in the main Writ Petition and the W.P.M.P. is one and the same. As the Elections were already held on 14.08.2001, nothing survives in the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition is therefore dismissed as infructuous. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 8th September 2004 RRB ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //True Copy// SECTION OFFICER Copy To: 1. The Electoral Officer- Cum- Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajampeta, Kadapa District. 2. The District Panchayat Officer, Kadapa District. 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Chitvel Mandal, Kadapa District. 4. Two CCs to G.P. for Panchayat Raj, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5. Two CD copies.