IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16957 of 2008 Between: Y.Shiva @ Shiva Prasad, S/o. Y.Dasappa, R/o. Thotageri, Penukonda, Ananthapur district. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments, Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 2 Sri. Imuktheswara Swamy Temple, Penukonda, Ananthapur District, rep. by its Chairman of the Trust Board .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writs, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in seeking to evict the petitioner from the land admeasuring Ac. 3.09 cents situated in Sy.No. 401-2 of Penukonda village and Mandal, Ananthapur District, as otherwise than in due procedd of law, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, without jurisdiction and violative of principles of natural justice; Award costs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.RANGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16957 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁeld aggrieved by the alleged action of the respondents in seeking to evict the petitioner from the land admeasuring Ac.3.09 cents situated in Sy.No.401-2 of Penukonda village and Mandal, Ananthapur District. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Endowments appearing for the respondents and having regard to the speciﬁc plea of the petitioner that he has been in possession of the land in question for the past 30 years as cultivating tenant, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the possession of the petitioner in respect of the land in question without following due process of law. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 05-08-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in two days. B/o KLP