THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.27268 of 2003 DATED: 19.08.2010 Between: B. Laxman .. Petitioner And The Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Twin Cities, Hyderabad and another. .. Respondents ORDER: Petitioner, who claims to be the family member of founder of Sri Mahadev Shiva Temple, situated at Doodh Bowli, Hyderabad, is aggrieved by the notice dated 28.11.2003 issued by the 1st respondent- Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Twin Cities, proposing to constitute a trust board for the said temple and inviting applications from the eligible persons to be appointed as Trustees. He states that he submitted representation dated 07.11.2003 to the authorities, requesting not to constitute any trust board for the subject temple or appoint any Executive Officer, and grant such exemption under Section 154 of the Endowments Act (for short ‘the Act’), but without considering the same, the 1st respondent issued the impugned notice. While admitting the writ petition on 31.12.2003, this Court granted interim stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the impugned notice. A detailed counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents, wherein the 1st respondent admitted that the petitioner is recognized as the family member of founder of the subject temple, vide proceedings dated 08.06.1998 and that the temple is under his management. While supporting the issuance of the impugned notice, the 1st respondent, however, stated that, even if a trust board is constituted, the petitioner shall be nominated as Chairman of the Board as per the provisions of the Act and therefore there cannot be any grievance to the petitioner. It is further stated that as the period of trust board proposed to be constituted under the impugned notice is only two years, the matter has now become infructuous. In view of the aforesaid averments in the counter-affidavit, no further orders need be passed in the present writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 19th August, 2010 IBL