IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.46239 of 2018 DATED : 02-03-2026 Between :

Dharavath Chandu Naik.

… Petitioner.

And The Commissioner of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, State of Telangana, Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents.

ORDER :

The present writ petition is filed by the petitioner under Article

226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief :

“…to declare the action of the respondents in not conducting elections to the Sarapaka Gram Panchayat in spite of completion of tenure of 5 years along with other Gram Panchayats for which the respondents are taking steps to conduct elections and not including the name of Sarapaka Gram Panchayat in the list of Gram Panchayats and taking steps to issue Election Schedule is illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Article 243 E and 243K and consequently direct the respondent to include the Sarapaka Gram Panchayat in the list of Gram Panchayats for conducting elections in the ensuing elections.…”

Ramana, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri P.Ashok Kumar, learned

Assistant Government Pleader, representing Mrs.Shazia Parveen,

learned Governm