THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.24103 OF 2025

ORDER:

The petitioner, Sri Vemula Prashant Reddy, the elected MLA of Balkonda Legislative Assembly Constituency, has filed this Writ Petition challenging the action of respondents Nos.3 to 15 for allegedly not permitting him to distribute the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak cheques to the beneficiaries as per the policy laid down in G.O.Ms.No.18, BC Welfare (OP) Department dated 29-06-2016 and G.O.Ms. No. 25, Minorities Welfare (Estt.I) Department dated 16-07-2016. The petitioner contends that the respondents are circumventing the scheme by planning distribution through local ruling party leaders to gain political advantage in upcoming local body elections. This, according to the petitioner, is illegal, arbitrary, and violates the guidelines in the said Government Orders.

2. Heard Sri M. Roopender, learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare, for respondent Nos.1 and 2 and learned Government pleader for Revenue, for respondent Nos.3 to 15.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an elected MLA of Balkonda Legislative Assembly Constituency.