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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAT (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION)

WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

:PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD

WRIT PETITION NO: 7830 OF 2025

Between:

K. Venkatesh, S/o. Hanumaiah, Aged about 34 years, Occ: Contraetor, R/o. Pandavagallu, Kuppagallu Village, Adoni Mandal, Kumool Distriet.

Petitioner

AND

• 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Panchyat Rai $&$ Rural Development, Secretariat Buildings. Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District.
• 2. The Chief Engineer-IV, RWS & S Department, C-Block, Vasudha Towers, Saipuram Colony, Gollapudi, Vijayawada, Krishna District.
• 3. The District Collector, Kurnool District, Kurnool.
• 4. The Chief Executive Officer, ZillaParishad, Kurnool District, Kurnool.
• 5. The Superintending Engineer, (RWS & S) Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, Kurnool, Kurnool District.
• 6. The Executive Engineer (RWS & S), Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Kurnool Division, Kurnool, Kurnool District.

7. Hanawalu Gram panchayat, rep., by its secretary, AdonI® MandaI, Kurnool District.

Respondents

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petition under Article 226 of the constjtutI-On Of India I'S filed praying that in the circumstances stated lan the affldavI-I filed therewith, the Hl-gh Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or dI-reCtiOn more Particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declarI'ng the Tender Notice No. ATO/81 to 124/2024-2025, dated o3.03.2025 l'ssued by the respondent No.5 I'nViting tenders through E-Procurement for operation and Mat-ntenance of cpws schemes namely Hanawalu & o6 Other Flabitatjons in KurnooI DI-Strict for the year, 2025-2026 with Tender [D. 790151, as one wI-thOu{ POWer, l'Ilegal, contrary {o the provjsjons of the Andhra pradesh panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and the gut-deljnes I'SSued through Manualfor the utjII-ZatiOn Of the 15th Finance commission tied grant to Rural Local Bodies/panchayat Raj lnstitutI'OnS for water and sanitation and also the guidelines beI-ng I-SSued by the respondent No.1 from time to time particularly through G.O.Rt.No.2290, Panchayat Raj and Ru.ral Development (RWS.I), Department, dated 20.12.2012 apart from be]'ng vI'O[atiVe Of the fundamental rights guaranteed to us under ArtI'CleS 14, 19 and 21 of the constitution of India and consequently, set asI-de the same in so for as E-Procurement for operation and Maintenance of cpws schemes namely Hanawalu & o6 Other HabI'ta{jOnS in Kurnool Dl'strict for the year, 2025-2026 wI'th Tender lD.790151 I-s concerned.

]ANO: 1 OF 2025

petl'tion under section 151 CPC js filed prayI-ng that jn the cl'rcumstances stated in the affidavit fI'led [|n support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedl'ngs I'n E-Procurement Tender Notice No. ATO/81 to 124/2024-2025, dated o3.03.2025 issued by the respondent No.5 jn so for as operat['on and Maintenance of cpws schemes namely Hanawalu & o6 O.ther HabI-{atjOnS in KurnooI DI|StrjCt, Pending disposal of WP 7830 of 2025, on the file of the High Court.

The petI'tiOn coming on for hearl'ng, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and the earlier orders of the Hl-gh Court dated 28.03.2025 and upon hearing the arguments of sri Rupeshwar Reddy, learned counsel representI-ng Sri V R REDDY KOWURI Advocate for the petI-tl'Oner, GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV for the Respondent Nos.1, 2, 5 & 6,I GP FOR REVENUE for the Respondent No.3; Srj M. Sudhjr, standing counsel for the Respondent Nos.4 & 7 and the court made the following

ORDER--

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ff Heard srl- v.R. Reddy Kowurj, learned counsel for the wr[-I pet[-t[-oners,I srI- V. Saj Kjran, learned counsel appearI-ng On behalf of Srj y. Koteswara Rao, learned standingl counsel for ZPPs, IVIPPs and Gram panchayat and srI-Panuku Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government pleader for panchayat Raj and Rural Development and srj Bharat sllmha Reddy, learned counsel for the lmplead petitioners I-n W.P,Mos.7581 & 7583 of 2025-

2. Let counter AffI-davits be fj]ed I-n I|A.No.2 of 2025 in W|P.Mos.7581 & 7583 of 2O25|

3. Delete w.p.No.19365 of 2O24 from this batch.

4. Inter[-m order granted earlier sha[[ continue tj]I the next ljstjng.

5-a. List these matters on 29.04.2025.J'

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1. One CC to SRl. V R REDDY KOWURI Advocate [opuc]

2. One cc to srI- M. SudhI'r, Standing counsel [opuc]

• 3. Two CCs to GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV ,High Court Of Andhra pradesh. [ouT]
• 4. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE ,HI-gh Court OfAndhra pradesh. [OUT]
• 5. One spare copy

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HIGH COURT

GRKP,J

DATED : 09/04/2025

LI-St these matters on 29.04.2025

ORDER

WP.No.7830 of 2025

EXTENSION OF EARLIER INTERIM ORDER