IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWELTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.18009 of 2009 Between: S.R.K.Rajagopal Narasaraju, S/o.Ramachandra Raju ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary Endowments Department, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others ....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner : Counsel for the Respondents : The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.18009 OF 2009 ORDER: This Court ordered Notice before admission on 07.09.2009. 2. Heard Sri A.Venkataramana, learned counsel representing the writ petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments representing respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Sri V.T.M.Prasad, learned counsel representing respondent No.4. 3. This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus declaring action of the respondents in not passing orders in OA.No.8 of 2006 recognizing the petitioner as representative of Founder Family Member of Sri Bhimeswara Swamy Devasthanam, Draksharama, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District and issue a consequential direction to the respondents not to constitute Trust Board of Sri Bhimeswara Swamy Devasthanam, Draksharama pursuant to Notification dated 27.07.2009, which was published in Telugu Daily Andhra Bhoomi on 04.08.2009. 4. The facts in detail had been narrated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition in paragraph Nos.2 to 8. It is stated that Sri Bhimeswara Swamy Devasthanam at Draksharama is one of the ancient and famous Saiva Kshethram in Andhra Pradesh. It is stated that there are five or six families in the village rendering traditional Archakatvam service in the temple, since time immemorial. G.O.Ms.No.1649, Home (Endts) Department, dated 21.07.1959 also had been referred to. It is further stated that after a lapse of more than 1 ½ year one Sri M.Yellayya Sankar had filed R.P.No.10 of 2001 before the Additional Commissioner, Endowments, Hyderabad under Section 92 of Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act 30 of 1987 against the order made by the Assistant Commissioner. Several other facts also had been narrated and the main grievance of the petitioner is that O.A.No.8 of 2006 already had been filed on the file of respondent No.3, the Deputy Commissioner, Endowments Department, Kakinada and he is not passing any order and the same is postponed. 5. In the light of the facts and circumstances, this Court is of the considered opinion that the writ petition be disposed of directing respondent No.3 to dispose of O.A.No.8 of 2006 within a period of four weeks and till then no further steps in relation to the constitution of trust board be taken. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ P.S.NARAYANA, J October 12, 2009 MD