IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 26174 of 2008 Between: Idare Ahle Sunnatul Jamat Mancherial, rep. by President Syed Habeeb, S/o. Syed Ameen, R/o. H.No.12-228/1, Islampura, Mancherial Town and Mandal, Mancherial, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board, Hyderabad, rep. by its Chief Executive Officer, Hajies Complex, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 The District Minority Welfare Officer, Adilabad District, Adilabad. .....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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents not conducting the enquiry as per the order of the Hon'ble High Court in W.P.No.13879/2006, dt. 05.09.2006 in respect of the Wakf Property Jamia Masjid and its adjacent properties, Mulgies No.5/3 to 5/8, 5/61 to 5/63 and etc. situated at Railway Station, Mancherial, Adilabad District, is illegal, arbitrary, violative of the Arts. 14 to 21 of the Constitution of India and contravention of the Wakf Act 1955 and consequently direct the respondents to conduct enquiry as early as possible by giving the sufficient opportunity to the parties of the above Wakf property and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.T.GHORI Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.M.SUBHANI (SC FOR AP WAKF BOARD) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.26174 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner gave a representation to first respondent on 10.04.2006 for holding elections of the Managing Committee of Wakf property i.e., Jamia Mosque near Railway Station, Mancherial, Adilabad District, in vain. Therefore, petitioner filed writ petition before this Court. The same being W.P.No.13879 of 2006 was disposed of on 05.09.2007 directing first respondent to take appropriate action within a period of six weeks. In obedience thereto, first respondent appointed second respondent as enquiry officer to consider various allegations/applications made by petitioner, vide letter F.No.47/C2/ADB/06, dated 06.06.2008. The petitioner alleges that even after lapse of five months, second respondent has not completed enquiry except issuing a notice. Therefore, he seeks necessary redressal. Learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare, after getting instructions, submits that second respondent requires four weeks time for completion of enquiry. As the matter is pending before second respondent, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of observing that second respondent may complete enquiry and submit the same to first respondent within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 04.12.2008 pln