IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.28488 of 2007 Between: P.Satyanarayana, S/o Venkata Subrahmanyam, R/o Gullapalli Village, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER And: 1.Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Secretary, Revenue (Endowments) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2.Commissioner, Endowments Department, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3. Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Guntur. 4. Smt.Ramanamma, Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Endowments Department, Guntur. 5.Inspector of Endowments, Endowments Department, Repalle, Guntur District. 6.Nookalamma Gram Devatha Temple, Gullapalli Village, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District, represented by its Executive Officer. 7.Sri Devineni Mallikarjuna Rao, Member of Legislative Assembly, Repalle, Guntur District. 8.Sri Katuru Venkateshwara Rao, S/o Nagamalleshwara Rao, R/o Cherukupalli, Guntur District. 9.Sri P.Sivakumar, S/o Chandrasekhar Rao, R/o Gullapalli, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. 10.Sri P.Sivaiah, S/o Ramulu, R/o Gullapalli, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. 11. U.Mallikarjuna Rao, S/o Subbaiah, R/o Gullapalli, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. 12. Smt.B.Sujatha, W/o Samson, R/o Gullapalli, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur 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 may be pleased to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction preferably a writ in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the official respondents in appointing the 8th to 12t h respondents as Chairman/Trustees of the 6th respondent temple as being illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the official respondents not to administer oath by the 8th to 12th respondents who are appointed as trustees of the 6th respondent temple pending disposal of the above writ petition and pass such other order or orders as may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri G.LAKSHMINATH (not present) Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS Counsel for the Respondent Nos.6 to 12: None appeared The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.28488 of 2007 ORDER: This matter is coming up under the caption ‘for dismissal’. It is represented by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments that oath already had been administered and in a way the writ petition became infructuous. Though this matter is coming up under the caption ‘for dismissal’, there is no representation on behalf of the writ petitioner. The Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments reports ready. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed for default. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 26.02.2008 sh