IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.19981 OF 2009 DATED:10.6.2010 Between: Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi Rep. by its Member Sri Dusharla Satyanarayana S/o. Pichaiah, Secretary Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi Having its Regd. Office at 1-7-145/13, Sreenivasanagar Colony Mushirabad, Hyderabad-29 … Petitioners and another And The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Endowments Department) Secretariat, Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.19981 OF 2009 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Nisar Ahmad Kakru) None appeared on the last occasion. None appears for the petitioners today also. Counter affidavits have been filed by the respondents 4 and 7. The grouse registered is on the ground of absence of permission from the competent authority for sale of the land admeasuring Acs.2.01 cents, but the counter affidavit filed by the respondent No.4 rebuts the allegation wherein it is very specifically contended that the sale was affected through public auction after obtaining the permission from the Commissioner of Endowments Department, Hyderabad who is invested with the power of granting permission for such sales under Section 80 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. In view of the stand so disclosed by respondent No.4, the writ petition is dismissed. SANJAY KUMAR, J NISAR AHMAD KAKRU, CJ 10-6-2010 B. Narsinga Rao