IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 20616 of 2008 Between: Jamia Mosque, Peerla Panja, Narsipatnam, rep. by its Secretary Syed Basha S/o. Shaik Khajavalli, R/o. Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Revenue Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Thasildar / Mandal Revenue Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 4 The Inspector, Wakf Board, Visakhapatnam. 5 The Chairman, Wakf Board, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents herein to include the list of New members prepared by the Care taker Committee of the Jamia Mosque and Peerla Panja, Narsipatnam, Visakapatnam District and conduct election to 6 members of the Committee of the Jamia Mosque Committee and Peerla Panja, Narsipatnam, Visakapatnam District with that list. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: G.P. FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent Nos.4 & 5: MR.S.M.SUBHANI (SC FOR AP WAKF BOARD) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.20616 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the Jamia Mosque, Peerla Panja, Narsipatnam, represented by its Secretary, questioning the action of the respondents in not including the names of new members in the voters’ list prepared by the Caretaker Committee of the petitioner Mosque for conducting elections to its Managing Committee and seeking necessary directions in that regard. When the matter came up, the learned Standing Counsel for the Wakf Board appearing for respondent Nos. 4 and 5 has produced a memo, dated 12.09.2008, issued by the Chief Executive Oﬃcer, Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board, whereunder, it was stated that the A.P. State Wakf Board withdrew all the notiﬁcations issued for conducting elections for constitution of Managing Committee for Wakf Institutions throughout the State of A.P., and accordingly directed the Inspector Auditors to withhold all such notiﬁcations and not to entertain any request for conduct of such elections. In fact, the said orders came to be issued having regard to Judgment of this Court in Syed Munavvaruddin Quadri v. Chief Executive Oﬃcer, A.P. State Wakf Board, Hyderabad and others [1], wherein this court held that the Wakf Board had no authority to order election of Managing Committee. In view of the submissions made by the learned Standing Counsel that they are not going to conduct elections for constitution of Managing Committee for Wakf Institutions through out the State of A.P., no further orders are necessary in the writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA,J Note: Furnish CC in two days B/o v v [1] 2007 (3) ALD 711