IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 27890 of 1995 Between: 1 R.Srikrishna Nageshwar rao, s/o Veera Raghavaiah r/o Iluru village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna dist 2 K.Narayan murthy s/o Sri Ramulu r/o Iluru village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna dist 3 R.Venkatadri Appa Rao s/o Veera Raghavaiah r/o Iluru village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna district 4 T.Venkateshwara rao s/o Chintakondaiah r/o Iluru village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna district 5 T.Veera Raghavalu s/o Subbiah r/o Iluru village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna district 6 S.Sree Laxmi w/o Venkata Swami r/o Iluru Village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna district 7 L. Nageswaramma w/o Venkateshwara rao r/o Iluru village Thotlavalluru Mandalam Krishna district ..... petitioner(s) and 1 The State of A.P rep by its Secretary Legislative Affairs and Law Dept Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner of Endowments (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments), Tilak road Hyderabad 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments Kakinada East Godavari district 4 The Assistant Commissioner of Endowments Vijayawada Krishna 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 issue any appropriate order or direction or a writ more particularly a writ in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein in reducing the tenure of non-hereditary, illegal and unsustainable and also to declare the amending act 27 of 1995 dated 4th may, 1995 as arbitrary and illegal and contrary to article 254 of Constitution of India and further direct the respondents herein to continue non- hereditary trustee in the office of the Sree Rameswara Swamivari Devasthanam till 12-9-1996. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.G.DHARMA RAO (N.P) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in reducing the tenure of non-hereditary trustee from two years to one year. This Court while admitting the writ petition, by order dated 14-12-1995 granted interim direction to maintain status quo existing on the said day. Learned counsel for petitioner called absent. Learned Government Pleader for Endowments present and submitted that the matter has become infructuous. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ________________ N.V.RAMANA,J 31st August, 2004. TVK To The State of A.P rep by its Secretary Legislative Affairs and Law Dept Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner of Endowments (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments), Tilak road Hyderabad 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments Kakinada East Godavari district 4 The Assistant Commissioner of Endowments Vijayawada Krishna district 5 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Endowments, A.P.High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 6. Two CD copies. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 27890 of 1995 DATE: 31-8-2004