THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19754 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner is an association of Agnikula Kshatriya Sangham, situated in Guduru area of Nellore District. The members of the association are the devotees of Sri Dharmarajaswamy Temple, Gudur, the fifth respondent herein. According to the petitioner, the Board of Trustees to the fifth respondent must be constituted in accordance with the Trustee Rules, 1987. It is stated that previously, a committee was constituted without reference to the Trustee Rules 1987 and despite the expiry of term, it is continuing. The petitioner contends that respondents 1 to 4 are under obligation to constitute a new Board in accordance with the Trustee Rules, 1987. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Endowments and learned counsel for the fifth respondent temple. On behalf of the fifth respondent a counter affidavit is filed opposing the allegations made in the writ petition. There is no qualitative difference or conflict between the procedure contemplated under Section 17 of the A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act (for short ‘Act 30/87’) and the Trustee Rules 1987. In fact both of them supplement the procedure there for. It is only as regards to the method of inviting applications and the time frame there for. In case, the term of the existing committee Trust Board has expired, respondents 1 to 4 are under obligation to take steps to constitute a new Board. The claims of the petitioner association for being selected on the Board need to be taken into account. Hence the writ petition is disposed of. It is directed that respondents 1 to 4 shall take immediate steps to constitute a new Trust Board for fifth respondent temple within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The claim of the petitioner and other persons, who expressed faith in the fifth respondent temple, shall be taken note of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 20th April, 2010 Js.