IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 19257 of 2004 Between: S.Mallikarjuna Reddy S/o Subrahmanyam Reddy Gangamma Gudi Praja Samithi Seva Sangham Renigunta, Chittoor Distirct. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Asst. Commissioner of Endowments, Renigunta, Chittoor District. .....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 a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action, of the Respondents in taking steps to merge the petitioners Temple into Endowments Department without following due process of law as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to law and further not to take any steps about the petitioner's Temple basing no false representation filed by one Sri Radhaiah. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.P.VENKAT RAO, Not present Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : ORDER On 21.4.2005, when the writ petition has come up for consideration, learned counsel for the petitioner was absent and there was no representation. Therefore, the matter was directed to be listed next week under the caption ‘for dismissal’. Today when the matter is taken up for hearing in the forenoon, none appears for the petitioner. The matter was passed over and again taken up at 2.15 p.m., but none appears for the petitioner and there is no representation. In the circumstances, this writ petition is dismissed for default/non-prosecution. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 28.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Commissioner of Endowments Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Asst. Commissioner of Endowments Reniguna, Chittoor District. 3 Two CCs to the G.P. for Endowments, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.