IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25266 of 2004 Between: Sri Gottumukkala Peda Narsimharaju, S/o Venkataramaraju, R/o Alamuru in Penumantra Mandal, W.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P., rep., by its Secretary, Endowments Department, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner (Endowments), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 The Asst. Commissioner (Endowments), Eluru, West Godavari District. 4 The Person-in-charge, Sri Visweswaraswamy Temple, Oduru in Penumantra Mandal, W.G.District. .....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 order or direction be issued declaring Sec.3 of A.P.Tenancy Laws (Amendment) Act 2003 and Sec.5 of A.P. Act XXX of 1987 and the Rules framed in GO Ms.No.379 dated 11-03-2003 under Sec.82 of the Act as unconstitutional and hold that the proposal to evict the petitioner from the lands held by the petitioner belonging to the 4th respondent as illegal in the interest of justice and fair play. Counsel for the Petitioner :Mr. I.RAMAKRISHNA RAO Counsel for the Respondents : G.P. FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : W.P.No.25266 of 2004 HCJ & MNR,J ORDER: (Per Hon’ble the Chief Justice) Petitioner is not questioning any of the orders passed by any authority under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Tenancy Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 and Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. Challenge is to the Rules framed under Section 82 of Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. Without questioning the order, if any, passed against the petitioner by the competent authority, the present writ petition is not maintainable, and is accordingly dismissed. ________________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. _________________________ M.NARAYANA REDDY, J 31-12-2004 bsc ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Endowments Department, State of A.P., Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner (Endowments), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 The Asst. Commissioner (Endowments), Eluru, West Godavari District. 4. 2CCs to Govt. Pleader for Endowments, High Court buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 5. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RS}