P. A. CHOWDARY, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ appeal by the writ petitioner is against an order of dismissal passed by our learned brother Ramachandra Rao J. The writ petition was filed for the issuance of a writ of prohibition forbidding the State of Andhra Pradesh from proceeding with a revision petition filed by one P. Venkata Rao, (third respondent herein) Sarpanch of Velangi Gram Panchayat, against a written communication of the Divisional Panchayat Officer, Kakinada , dated 22-5-1979 holding that the aforesaid Sarpanch of Velangi having suffered a disqualification under Section 25 clause (2) of the Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Act, 1964 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) ceased to be the Sarpanch of the Valangi Gram Panchayat with effect from 3-5-79.

( 2 ) THE prodigious litigation in our Courts on Gram Panchayat matters attests to the social fact of a near complete fragmentation of our rural life which is probably due to the paucity of sufficient opportunities for creative employment. Court actions of Panchayat matters are by far too many and the amount of money expended and the time spent on them is wholly disproportionately large to the public good promoted by this wasteful litig

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