( 1 ) HEARD Sri T. Bal Reddy the learned senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, and the learned Government pleader for Law and Legislative Affairs, and sri K. G. Kannabhiram, the learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the contesting respondents.

( 2 ) ). The petitioners herein who are the accused Nos. 6 and 93 respectively, filed this Writ Petition, inter alia, seeking for Writ of Mandamus to declare the impugned proceedings in G. O. Rt. No. 1212 Law (LA. and J. Courts A. 2) Department dated 23-8-2000, issued by the 1st respondent herein, appointing the respondent No. 4 herein as a Special Public Prosecutor and the respondent No. 5 as his assistant to conduct the prosecution in S. C. No. 36/1993 on the file of the Special Sessions Court for trial of Cases, Guntur, under S. Cs. and S. Ts. (POA) Act, 1989, as illegal and arbitrary.

( 3 ) ). The case of the petitioners in brief is that in respect of an incident occurred on 6-8-1991 at Tsundur village, Guntur District, a charge sheet has been filed against 129 accused for the alleged offence under sections 148, 324, 307, 302, 201 and 120-B read with 34 I. P. C. and Section 3 of the s. Cs. and S.