IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3521 of 2009 Between: Abbasani Yadagiri Yadav, S/o. Late Mallaiah, H.No.3-82, Main Road, Ghatkesar(V)(M) Rangareddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by Secretary Panchayatraj Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District Ranga Reddy. 3 The District Panchayat Officer, Ranga Reddy District. 4 The Gram Panchayat, Ghatakesar Gram Panchayat, Ranga Reddy District, Rep by its Sarpanch. 5 P.Sahadev, S/o.Yadgiri, H.No.5-107, Ghatkesar (V)(M) Ranga Reddy District. 6 K.Radhakrishna Reddy, S/o. Lakshmareddy, H.No.5-13/A, Ghatkesar(V)(M) Ranga Reddy District. 7 G.Mahesh, S/o.Narasimha, H.No.10-161, Ghatkesar(V)(M),Ranga Reddy District. 8 Y.Anil Kumar, S/o. Balakrishna H.No.2-3, Ghatkesar(V)(M),Ranga Reddy District. 9 R.Raju, Ghatkesar(V)(M),Ranga Reddy District. 10 B.Krishna S/o. Sudershan, H.No.10-6/1 Ghatkesar(V)(M),Ranga Reddy 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 a writ direction or directions more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the allotment made by the 4th Respondent as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the Respondents 1 to 4 to allot the shops by conducting public auction by giving vide publicity in a fair and transparent manner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.THOOMSRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The Gram Panchayat, Ghatakesar, the fourth respondent herein, allotted shops in favour of respondents 5 to 10 through a resolution dated 02.08.2008 and the same was reiterated in resolution dated 16.12.2008. The petitioner submitted a complaint to the authorities of Panchayat Department stating inter alia that no auction was conducted for granting leases in respect of the shops. The District Panchayat Officer, the third respondent, directed the Divisional Panchyat Officer to conduct enquiry. A notice, dated 16.01.2009 was issued, proposing to conduct enquiry on 22.01.2009. The petitioner states that the enquiry was conducted on the said date, but even after the same, nothing is forthcoming. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for respondents. The enquiry into the allegations made by the petitioner has already been directed by the third respondent. Thereafter, the Divisional Panchayat Officer said to have issued notice, dated 16.01.2009 and heard the effected parties on 22.01.2009. Any delay in finalizing the enquiry made would lead to a situation where the lease itself would expire. The interests of the Panchayat as well as the public at large, are required to be protected. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the third respondent to finalize the enquiry undertaken by him into the allegations made by the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ______________________ (L. Narasimha Reddy, J.) 24th February, 2009 Js.