ORDER :

This Writ Petition has been filed against the inaction of the respondent Nos.4 and 5 in not accepting the consent of the petitioner to deposit lease amount for fishing rights in favour of the Petitioner Society for Dullacheruvu and Drinking water tank situated in Pasarlapudilanka Village, Mamidikuduru Mandal, East Godavari District as per the orders of the 3rd respondent dated 27.08.2021 as illegal and arbitrary and for consequential direction to the respondent Nos.4 and 5 to accept the same and to execute lease deed for fishing rights for the above tanks for three years from 01.07.2021 to 30.06.2024.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and Sri I.Koti Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Nos.4 and 5 Gram Panchayat.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is the Fishermen Cooperative Society registered in the year 1978 and obtained the lease hold rights for Dullacheruvu and Drinking water tank situated in Pasarlapudilanka Village of Mamikuduru Mandal. The earlier lease of fishing rights given to the Petitioner Society for a period of three years expire