AR. LAKSHMANAN, C. J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition was filed by two petitioners who are residents of Thelukunta village of Julapalli Mandal and Gangaram village of Kalva Srirampur Mandal of Karimnagar District respectively for a declaration that G. O. Ms. No. 176, Law CLA and J (Courts-C) Department dated 15-11-2001 issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh converting the existing Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Manthani (Mobile Court) as regular Junior Civil Judge s Court and shifting the same from Manthani to Godavarikhani as arbitrary and illegal.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the petitioners, G. O. Ms. No. 406 Home (Courts-A) Department dated 27-6-1990 was issued for establishing Mobile Courts in some of the districts including the place at Manthani, Karimnagar District in order to facilitate the poorer sections of people inhabiting in remote and interior areas of the districts who have been implicated in bailable offences to have an immediate access to the Courts. The said GO was a laudable step in the administration of justice to the poorer sections. The further object of the GO was to see that the poorer sections of the people do not travel long distances to exonerate the

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