Telangana High Court
WP/35437/2021 of Sri P. Govardhan Reddy Vs The State of Telangana AND 6 OTHERS on 31 December 2021
SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR RIT PET TION N 35 7 0F 2021 Sri P. Govardhan Redrty, S/o..Veera Reddy,Age. 32. . years, Occ. Upa_sarpanch,Rr/o.Kanukunta Viraoe. clmm,oij;i;- N/;ft;ilSX;sr,"doi -6isirici"ierj#f,irE rr,r"our.District). AND 1 2, 3. 4. 5. 7. ...PETITIONER The State of
HIGH COURT FOR THE {TELAN GANAAT HYDEiJfJE DOF (Spe cia I ori g inrt-.rl-fs"d ictio n; FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBERTWO THOUSAND AND IWENTidilE'''"'^TWO THOUSAND AND IWENTidilE'''"'^
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR
RIT PET TION N357 0F 2021
Between:
Sri P. Rr/o.Kanukunta Govardhan Redrty, Viraoe. clmm,oij;i;- S/o..Veera Reddy,Age. N/;ft;ilSX;sr,"doi 32. . years, -6isirici"ierj#f,irE Occ. Upa_sarpanch,District).rr,r"our.
...PETITIONER
AND
Petition under Article 22G of the constitution of rndia praying that," ,n" [jr=.tffll:::::]stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to pass an order or ordersone in the nature of WRIT OF IVIANDAMUS declaring the illegal action of the respondents moreparticularly 3rd respondent suspending the petitioner from the post of Upa Sarpanch ofKanukunta, vide impugned order No.2163120211A|-Pls-2, dated.16l1212021, without any validreasons except local political vengeance and politically motivated and set-aside the same dulydeclaring it as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, discriminatory, in violation of principles of natural [justice,]and also in violation of Article 14, ['19 ]& 21 of Constitution of lndia, contrary to TelanganaPanchayath Raj Act, 2018, consequently direct the [respondents ][to ][continue ][the ][petltioner ][as]Upa Sarpanch of Kanukunta [Grampanchayat]
IA NO:1 OF 2021
Petition under Section [151 ][CPC praying ][t][hat ][in ][the ][circumstances stated in ][the ][affidavit]filed in support of [the ][petition, ][the ][High ][court ][may be ][pleased ][to ][suspend ][the ][impugned order]passed bYtheRespondentNo'3videimpugnedorderNo.216312021lA1-Pts.2,dated.16l12l2021 by continuing [the ][petitioner ][as ][Upa-sarpanch ][of ][Grampanchayat ][Kanukunta]ndidala Mandal, [Sangareddy District, pending disposal of ][the ][main ][writ ][petitlon]Village, GummaCounsel for [the Petitioner: ][SRI ][K' ][BUCHI BABU]
Counsel [for ][Respondent ][Nos' ][1 ][to ][5: ][GP ][FOR ][PANCHAYAT RAJ]& RURAL [DEVELOPMENT]
Counsel [for ][Respondent ][Nos' ][6 & ][7: ][SRI ][M' ][RAM GOPAL ][RAO]
The Court [made ][the ][following: ][ORDER]
THE HON,BLE [SRI ][]USTICE ][T'VINOD ][KUMAR]
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ORDER:
This Writ [Petition is ][filed ][to ][declare ][the ][action ][of the ][respondents']more [particular ][y ][the ][3'd respondent' ][in ][suspending ][the ][petitioner ][from]holding [the ][pc;t ][of ][Upa-sarpanch ][of ][Kanukunta ][Village' ][Gummadidala]Mandal, [Sanga Reddy ][District, ][as ][being ][illegal' arbitrary and ][contrary t0]the [provisions ][lf ][the ][Telangana Panchayat Raj ][Act' ][2018 ][(for ][shoft"the]Act').
2. Heard:arnedcounse|forthepetitioner,learnedGovernmentPleader [appee'ing ][for ][respondent ][Nos'l ][to ][5 ][and Sri ][M'Ramgopal ][Rao']learned Stand [rg ][Counsel ][appearing ][for ][respondent Nos'6 ][and ][7 ][and with]their consent, [the ][Writ ][Petition is ][taken ][up ][for ][hearing and ][disposal ][at ][the]stage of admi [sion ][itself.]
3. Learne I counsel [appearing ][for ][the ][parties are ][ad ][idem ][that ][the]issue raised in the [present ][writ ][petition ][is ][squarely covered ][by ][the]judgment of this Court in W.P.No.2261B of [2021 ][and ][batch, ][dated]18.10.2021 r ird the said order [passed ]by the learned Single [Judge ][has]also been af irmed by the Division Bench of this Cout in W.A.N0S.610,586 and 58? of 2021, dated 15.12.2021, whereby it has been held thatthe provisio s of Section 37(5) of the Act are applicable only forsuspending he Sarpanch and cannot be invoked for keeping Upa-Sarpanch un( er suspension.
4. In the facts of the present case, since the petitioner was elected asas Upa-Sarpt nch, the provisions of Section 37(5) of the Act cannot beinvoked for p :cing him under suspension.
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5. In view of the above, the impugned order dated 16.12,2021 passedby the 3'd respondent cannot be held to be valid and is ,iable to be setaside.
6. Accordingly, the Writ petition is allowed and the impugned orderNo.2l63lllltlA1-pts-2, dated 16.12.2021, is set aside.
7. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed in the light of this final order. No order as to costs.
SD/.M.MANJULAASSISTANT [REGISTRAR]//TRUE COPY//SECTION OFFICER
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HIGH [COURT]
DATED: [3111212021]
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ORDER
WP.No.3S437 of 2021
ALLOWING THE WRIT PETITION
WITHOUT COSTS