IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 15384 of 2008 Between: 1 Buduru Thippeswarmy S/o. Pothappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 2 G. Ramachandrappa S/o. Peddanna R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 3 Pusula Sanjeevappa S/o. hanumanthappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 4 P. Anjineyulu S/o.P. Lingappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 5 Dandu Marenna S/o. Bheemappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 6 Sontelu Eranna S/o. Hanumappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 7 Muppalakunta Ramakrishna S/o. Govindappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 8 Sontelu Hanumantharayudu @ Anjinappa S/o.Pilli Mereppa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 9 Thippeswamy S/o. Gorla Thippaiah R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 10 Kuraba Dona Thimmappa S/o. Sanna Lingappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 11 Ramanjineyulu So. Pedda Anjinappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 12 Chitra Linga S/o. Buduru Thippaiah R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 13 Chikkelappagari Chinna Malleppa /o. Hanumanthapa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 14 Thippeswamy S/o. Duleppagari Ramappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 15 Ramachandrappa S/o. Duleppari Ramappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 16 Post Somasekhar So. Hanumanthapp R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 17 Dandu Ramachandrappa S/o Kariyappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 18 G. Narayanappa S/o. Kunti Thimmappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 19 Musturappa S/o. Chikkalappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 20 Pedda Nagappa S/o. Yellappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 21 Kumba Ramesh S/o. Thippaswamy R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 22 Kerusa Thippuswamy S/o. Ningappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 23 Sanna Thimmappagiri Thippaswamy S/o. Thippaiah R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 24 Duleppagari Thippaswamy S/o. Duleppa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 25 M. Murari S/o. Pedda Bagodappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 26 Kenchamuragari Sivamma W/o. Mugi Thimmappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. 27 S. Chena Mallappa S/o. S. Thimmappa R/o. Konapuram Village H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District,. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Commissioner, Endowments Department, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad. 2 Sri Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam , Rep. by its Manager, Group of Temples Kalyanagadurgam, Anantapur District. 3 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Deputy Commissioner of Endowments Kurnool, Kurnool 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 declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent evicting the petitioners from the small extent of the land in Sy.No.466/3 situated at Konapuram Village, H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District as illegal, improper, arbitrary without jurisdiction and violative of principles of natural justice and further declare that the eviction notice issued to the petitioners dt. 4-7-2008 as illegal, and without jurisdiction and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.RAMAMOHAN-MAHADEVA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO. 15384 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the notice dated 04-07-2008 issued by the second respondent-temple under which the petitioners were asked to handover vacant possession of the land in their possession within 15 days is arbitrary and illegal. When the matter is taken upon for consideration, learned Government Pleader for Endowments pointed out that under the impugned notice itself it was specified that the possession of the land in question would be taken following the procedure as prescribed under the Endowments Act, 30 of 1987. In the circumstances, the apprehension of the petitioners that they would be dispossessed forcibly is unfounded. Accordingly, recording the statement of the learned Government Pleader that the petitioners would not be dispossessed without following due process of law, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________________ G.ROHINI,J Date: 17-07-2008 KLP