The district administration on Friday foiled attempts by elders to conduct the marriage of a 14-year-old girl at BC colony in Udayagiri in Nellore district.
District Collector M. Janaki sent Atmakur RDO N.V. Ramana and other officials to the locality to stop the marriage.
The officials counselled both families who agreed to postpone the marriage for the time being.
The officials informed villagers that the marriage of children below 18 years would be against law, and that it was a punishable offence.