( 1 ) THESE four writ appeals arise out of a common order dated 7-7-2005 of a learned judge of this Court in W. P. Nos. 18357 of 2004, 407, 426 and 2471 of 2005. The parties are the same in the last three of the above mentioned four writ petitions whereas in the 1st writ petition only five of the said parties are parties.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to this litigation are as follows: the petitioner (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner ) in the last of the above three writ petitions i. e. , Palle Sitaramulu Goud and the respondents 4 to 8 in the above mentioned three writ petitions (hereinafter referred to as the respondents ) were elected as members of the Mandal Parishad Territorial constituencies of Shameerpet Mandal on 3-7-2001. Under the Andhra Pradesh panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (for short the Act ), panchayats a defined expression under article 243 (d) at various levels as contemplated under Article 243-B are created. One of them being Mandal Parishad defined under sub-section (2) of Section 3 as a body constituted under Section 148 of the Act. Under Section 149 of the Act, the composition of the Mandal Parishad is provided. It consists of five classes of m