HEMAVATHI Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) COMMON issues arise in these three cases, rendering them amenable to a conjoined disposal. Presently, the writ petition. The prayer in the writ petition is as hereunder:

(2.) THE first petitioner in the writ petition, a Diploma holder in Automobile engineering and an active member of the congress Party, claims to be deeply involved in public service. Likewise, the second petitioner, a graduate in Commerce and an active member of the Congress Party, is stated to be a public-spirited citizen interested in the public good. It is the case of the petitioners that Yemeni Raja Ramchander, mla, Kaikalur Assembly Constituency, krishna District, the fourth respondent in the writ petition, misappropriated public monies to the tune of Rs. 4,14,5 66/- by way of fabricated documents and cheating.

(3.) THE first petitioner made a representation on 24. 7. 2004 to the Hon'ble speaker of the Legislative Assembly in this regard. Thereafter he, along with one M. Surya Chander Rao, filed W. P. No. 15879 of 2004 before this Court seeking institution of an enquiry into the alleged misappropriation. The said writ petition was disposed of by a division Bench of this Court by order dated 9. 8. 2005, recording the assurance given by the learned Advocate General for the State of Andhra Pradesh that the Government had decided to get a case registered against the fourth respondent. This Court expressed the hope that the investigation by the police would be carried out strictly in accordance with law, and observing that no further orders needed to be passed, the writ petition was disposed of.