The principle of natural justice mandates that administrative actions must comply with established procedures to prevent arbitrary behavior by officials.

t lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION)

WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUN TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT:

"flH ONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR ~

WRIT PETITION NO: 10730 OF 2025 Between:

The Kuchipudi Micro Watershed committee, (PMKSY 2.O), R/o.D.No.2-46, Kuchipudi village, Marripudi Mandal, Prakasam District, Society Registration No. 66 of 2024, Rep. by its chairperson i.e., TaIIa Venkateswarlu, S/o.Ramaiah, aged about 38 years, Occ Farmer, R/o.D.No.2-46, Kuchipudi Village, Marripudi MandaI, Prakasam District.

...Petitioner AND

1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by lots Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, secretariat Buildings, at velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District.

2. The Commissioner, panchayat Raj and Rural Development (PR and RD), D.No.12-47, PVS Empire, Pathuru Road, Beside Reliance Digitals, Tadepalli, Guntur -522501.

3. The Director (Water Sheds), State Level NodeI Agency (SLNA), O/o.

Comml'ssioner, pR and RD Department, D.No.12-47, PVS Empire, Pathuru Road, Beside Reliance Digitals, Tadepalli, Guntur -522501.

4. The Dist lector and Chairman, DWMA, Prakasam DistrI'Ct at Ongole.

5. The Project Director, DWMA, Ongole, Praka m District.

6. The Project Officer (po), Marripudi Gundlasamudram village, Marrl'pudi Mandal, Prakasam District.

7. The Junior Engineer (JE), Marripudi WCC, Gundlasamudram village, Marripudi Mandal, Prakasam District.

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8. The Technical Officer -(TO), Marripudi WCC, Gundlasamudram Village, Marripudi Mandal, Prakasain District.

9. The Panchayat s ec;e,fafy I .Kuchipudi Village, Marripudi Mandal', Prakasam District.

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...Respondents petition under Article 226' of the Constitution of India is filed praying that in the circumstances stated ih the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an order, writ or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus questioning the action of the respondents No.4 to 9 in not allotting the water`shed works and-not paying the amounts for the works done earlier to the petitioner society under Thangella Project under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) 2.0 Water Shed Project and trying to include new menlbers in the society without following any procedure under law by taking ml'nutes book forcibly even though> petitioner made representation to the respondents dated 15.04.2024, 10.04.2025, 09.04,2025 as illegal and arbitrary and against to principles of natural justice and violatl'ng Article 14 , 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to allot water shed works through the petitioner society under the Thangella Project, Kuchipudi VIllage, Marripadu Mandal, Prakasam District by considering the representationJ31a6Te by the petitioner dated `15.04.2024, 10.04-2025 & 09.04.2025.

IANO: 1 OF2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents to allot watershed works through the petitioner society under the Thangella Project, Kuchipudi VIIIage, of 2025, on the file of the High Court.

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ition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the d in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI P NARAHARI BABU Advocate for the petitioner, and of Government PIeader for Irrigation, for Respondent Nos.1 & 3 to 8, and of Government PIeader for Panchayat Raj, for Respondent No.2, and of Sri. M.Sudhir, Standing Counsel for Panchayat Raj, for the Respondent No.9, and the Court made the following ORDER:

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