IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7909 of 2009 Between: 1 G. Rama Raju S/o. Subba Raju R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 2 V. Venkata Rao S/o. V. Peddi Raju R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 3 N. Rama Krishna S/o. Trimurthulu R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 4 G. Narayana Raju S/o. G. Sree Rama Raju R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 5 G.S.N. Raju S/o. Suryanarayana Raju R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 6 B. Nata Raju S/o. Rama Rao R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 7 G. Bangar Raju S/o. Appala Raju R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 8 Y. Srinivasa Rao S/o. Venkanna R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. 9 K. Ramanamma W/o. Sri Sai Babu R/o. Chinna Ami Ram Villae, Bheemavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary Panchayath Raj Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector West Godavari District at Eluru. 3 The District Panchayath Officer West Godavari District at Eluru. 4 The Divisional Panchayath Officer Narsapur West Godavari District. 5 Superintendent Engineer (RWS) Eluru West Godavari District. 6 Dy. Executive Engineer (RWS) Bheemavaram West Godavari District. 7 The Assistant Engineer (RWS) Bheemavaram West Godavari District. 8 The Gram Panchayath Rep. by its Secretary Chinna Amiram Gram Panchayath. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of 'Writ of Mandamus' declaring the action of the respondents in failing to prevent the illegal water connections and in not providing safe drinking water to the villagers of Chinna Amiram as per the proceeding issued by the District Collector in No. ROC.No.5105/2008 A5 (pts) dated 06-11-2008 as being illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to initiate and take necessary steps as per the proceedings issued by the District Collector in ROC.No.5105/2008 (pts) A5 dated 06-11-2008 and further direct the respondents to seize all the illegal water connections and take necessary steps to provide safe drinking water to the Villagers of Chinna Amiram Village, Bhimavaram Mandal, West Godavari Dist. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.PATLOLLA VENKAT REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KBJ} HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.No.7909 of 2009 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents have not taken steps to prevent the unauthorized water connections in the village. The petitioners contend that on account of indiscriminate unauthorized connections, the flow of water to them is seriously affected. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Panchanat Raj, appearing for R-1 to R-7 and the learned Standing Counsel for Gram Panchayat, appearing for R-8. The petitioners have enclosed the copies of various proceedings which disclose that fairly large number of unauthorized water connections are existing in the village. On instructions, the learned Standing Counsel for Gram Panchayat submits that 25 unauthorised connections have been identified so far. Unless they are either regulated by collecting the requisite amount or disconnected, the water supply would get adversely affected. The learned Standing Counsel for Gram Panchayat further submits that final steps in this regard would be taken by the end of June 2009. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is closed. No costs. ___________________ 29th April 2009 KVR