https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73887 The choice of a Mandal Headquarters under the Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974 was held to be a discretionary governmental function, with judicial review limited to illegality, arbitrariness, mala fides or extraneous considerations. The Court declined to substitute its own view of comparative suitability for the Government's assessment of administrative convenience and accessibility. Executive guidelines on headquarters selection were treated as non-statutory instructions, not enforceable rules, so their breach did not by itself justify mandamus absent recognised public law infirmity. The High Court, therefore, had no jurisdiction to reweigh the material and direct shifting of the headquarters to another place, and the Government's notifications were restored. en-us Thu, 28 Jul 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:11:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73887 The choice of a Mandal Headquarters under the Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974 was held to be a discretionary governmental function, with judicial review limited to illegality, arbitrariness, mala fides or extraneous considerations. The Court declined to substitute its own view of comparative suitability for the Government's assessment of administrative convenience and accessibility. Executive guidelines on headquarters selection were treated as non-statutory instructions, not enforceable rules, so their breach did not by itself justify mandamus absent recognised public law infirmity. The High Court, therefore, had no jurisdiction to reweigh the material and direct shifting of the headquarters to another place, and the Government's notifications were restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Jul 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73887