( 1 ) THIS writ appeal is filed against the order of our learned brother Gangadhara Rao, J. rendered in W. P. M. P. No. 3798 of 1976 granting the request of the petitioner therein to be added as the 6th respondent in the writ petition 2101 of 1976. The appellant therein is the petitioner in the said writ petition.

( 2 ) IN order to give an effective disposal to this appeal, it is necessary to notice briefly how and why the writ petition has been filed and the 6th respondent in the writ petition has applied to be added as a party to it. We will refer to the parties in this judgment of ours according to their array in the writ petition was, for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents not to construct the maternity sub centre of the Primary Health Centre of Narrawada, Udayagiri Taluk Nellore District in any place other than Survey No. 194/1 of Ramapuram Revenue Village. Originally there were five respondents viz. the District Collector, Nellore; The District Medical and Health Officer; The State of Andhra Pradesh; Shri G. Kondapa Naidu, M. L. A. and the Executive Engineer, Roads and Buildings, Nellore. It is also averred in the writ petition and Vinjamur Panchayat Samithi decided

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