High Court for State of TelanganaWP/36196/2015disposed of no costs

Sri Mahalakshmi Coconut Company, v. The State Of A.P.,

2015-11-06C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy3 pages

The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.36196 of 2015 Dated 06.11.2015 Between:

Sri Mahalakshmi Coconut Company rep. by its Proprietor Medisetti Veera Venkata Subrahmanyam ... Petitioner and The State of A.P.

rep. by its Prl.Secretary (Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Dept.,) Hyderabad and 5 others.

...Respondents

Counsel for the petitioner: Mr.Koppisetti Veerabhadra Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.1 & 3 : AGP for Panchayat Raj (TS) Counsel for respondent No.2: AGP for Revenue Counsel for respondent Nos.4 to 6: None appeared The Court made the following:

Order :

The grievance of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that the Sarpanch of respondent No.6- Masakapalli Gram Panchayat, with a view to settle personal scores against its Proprietor, has illegally raised an iron bar to prevent the trucks carrying coconuts in connection with its business from entering the Village and has been causing inconvenience to its Proprietor. The further grievance of the petitioner is that though a representation in this regard was made to respondent Nos.3 and 4 as far back as 05-11-2014, no action is being taken. In the light of this innocuous but genuine grievance of the petitioner, respondent Nos.3 and 4 are directed to consider the petitioner's representation and issue appropriate directions to respondent Nos.

5 and 6, if they find that raising of iron bar to prevent the trucks and other heavy vehicles from entering the Village by the Gram Panchayat is not permissible under the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and the Rules made thereunder. They shall communicate their decision and action as indicated above to the petitioner within one month from the date of receipt of this order. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of.

As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.46569 of 2015, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous.

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(C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) Dt: 6th November, 2015 LUR