IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 17867 of 2001 Between: 1 Yanamandra Veereswara Sharma, S/o. Veerabhadrudu, Hindu, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 2 Yanamandra Subba Rao, S/o. Veereswara Sarma, Hindu, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 3 Yanamandra Satya Seetharama Sarma, S/o. Veereswara Sarma, Hindu, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 4 P.V.V.Subba Rao, S/o. Shyamala Rao, Hindu, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 5 P. Veereswara Sarma, S/o. Shyamala Rao, Hindu, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 6 Undi Nageswara Rao, S/o. Narasimha Murthy, Hindu, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments, Endowments Department, Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 2 Sri Veereswara Swamy Temple, Rep. by its Executive Officer, Muramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to absorb all the Petitioners as Archakas of the 2nd Respondent temple besides declaring the action of the respondents as illegal, and ultra vires to the Provisions of Act 30/1987, besides directing not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the agricultural lands situated in Moramalla Village, E.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District declaring their action as illegal and ultra vires to the Provisions of Articles 300-A of the Constitution of India and also the mandatory provisions of Act 30/1987 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.S.R.ANJANEYALU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17867 OF 2001 ORAL ORDER: Sri V.S.R.Anjaneyulu, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, submits that the cause of action does not survive for adjudication in the present writ petition. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _________________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J. 7th November, 2008. VGSR