THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 23531 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled assailing G.O.Rt.No.1843 Revenue (Endowments-IV) Department, dated 25.09.2008, in so far as it directed the second respondent i.e. the Commissioner of Endowments to take necessary steps for publication of notice in Form-I, appended to the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Appointment of Trustees Rules, 1987 (for short ‘the Rules). Heard Sri P.Yadgir Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Endowments. The petitioner is a founder trustee of Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam. As per the classiﬁcation of Devasthanam, the Government is the competent authority to constitute the Board of Trustees. The ﬁrst respondent issued G.O.Rt.No.1843, dated 25.09.2008, indicating its intention to constitute a Board and inviting applications from the interested persons. To that extent, there is no controversy. However, in the introductory portion of the notiﬁcation, the ﬁrst respondent directed the second respondent to take steps for publication of notice in Form-I. Rule 4 of the Rules mandates that the authority competent to appoint the Trustees shall cause publication of notice in Form-I. This provision was interpreted by a Division Bench of this Court in W.P.No.19950 of 2007. In its order, dated 27.03.2008, the Division Bench held that the notice in Form-I must be issued by such authority as is competent to constitute the Board of Trustees. Following the same, the writ petition is partly allowed setting aside only that portion of G.O.Rt.No.1843, dated 25.09.2008, which directs the second respondent to cause publication of the notice in Form-I. The publication of notice in Form-I shall be undertaken by the ﬁrst respondent itself. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:30.10.2008. kdl