IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23783 of 2002 Between: S.R.K.Rajagopal Narsaraju, S/o. Late S.R.K. Ramachandra Raju, R/o. Ramachandrapuram, E.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government Revenue (Endowments) Department and others. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Ms. M. Rajasri for Sri D.V.Sitaramamurthy Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS Counsel for the Respondent No.3: None CVNR,J W.P. NO.23783 OF 2002 The Court made the following Order: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in passing an order recognizing the petitioner as representative of founder family trustee of Sri Bheemeswara Swamy Devasthanam, Draksharama, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner also sought for a consequential direction not to constitute a Trust Board for the said Devasthanam, pending adjudication of his claim. Heard Ms. M. Rajasri for Sri D.V. Seetharama Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments for respondents 1 and 2 and perused the record. The petitioner was recognized as a founder family trustee by the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Rajahmundry by proceedings dated 15.12.1999. The said order was questioned by one Mada Yallayya Sankar in revision petition ﬁled before the Additional Commissioner, Endowments Department. The said revision petition was allowed by the revisional authority by order dated 13.12.2001. The petitioner questioned the said order in Writ Petition No.1427 of 2002 in this Court. The said writ petition was disposed of by order dated 23.4.2002 whereby the order of the Additional Commissioner was set aside and he was directed to give reasonable opportunity to the petitioner before deciding the revision afresh. After remand, the Additional Commissioner reiterated his earlier decision by order dated 6.7.2002 by holding that the Assistant Commissioner, Endowments has no jurisdiction to pass order dated 15.12.1999 recognizing the petitioner as a founder family representative in view of the judgments of this Court and the Supreme Court. The grievance of the petitioner is that he ﬁled a representation before the Commissioner, Endowments for declaring him as a member of founder family and while the said representation is pending, the respondents are taking steps to constitute a Trust Board. No counter affidavits are filed by any of the respondents. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments has reported no instructions as to the stage of the representation said to have been ﬁled by the petitioner before respondent No.2. Under these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the petitioner’s representation said to have been ﬁled by him, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, if not already disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P. No.29848 of 2002 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed as infructuous. ___________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY,J DATE: 20th October, 2008 pnb