IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 24491 of 2000 Between: 1 Thota Padieswara Rai, S/o.Bairagi, Hindu Kapulavari Veedhi, Pedana, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District, A.P., 2 Thota Niranjan Rao S/o.Subba Rao, Hindu Kapulavari Veedhi, Pedana, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District, A.P. .. PETITIONERS AND 1 The Asst. Commissioner, Endowments, Vijayawada. 2 Thota Nageswara Rao, S/o.Subba Rao, Member of Founder's Family, Sri Paidamma Ammavaru Temple, Pedana, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District, A.P., 3 Sri Paidamma Ammavari Temple, Rep. by its Executive Officer, Sri Paidamma Ammavaru Temple, Pedana, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District, A.P. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus that the action of the 2nd Respondent in auctioning the offerings like sarees, blouses, coconut halves made by the devotees during the Jatara festival of Paidamma Ammavaru temple is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Artl.14, 25 & 26 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents herein not to interfere with the religious practice prevailing in the Temple. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.P.R.PRASAD Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned Government Pleader for Endowments submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 6.7.2005 DA/NSR To 1 The Asst. Commissioner, Endowments, Vijayawada. 2 The Executive Officer, Sri Paidamma Ammavari Temple, Sri Paidamma Ammavaru Temple, Pedana, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District, A.P. 3 Two CCs to the G.P. for Endowments, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.