IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 19423 of 2008 Between: Anjuman-e-Islamaiah, Kurnool, Rep by its Secretary Mohd. Dawood Khan, S/o. Late Mohd Abdullah Khan, R/o. Khadakpura, Kurnool ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The AP State Wakf Board, Rep byi ts Chief Executive Officer, Haj House Complex, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 The Tahsildar, (Sub-Divisional Magistrate), Triplicate & Mylopere Taluk, Raja Annamalaipura, Greems Road, Chennai - 600 028 (TN) 3 Khaja Moideen, S/o. Beeran Saib, ROH No. 8/905, Gopuram, Renganayakulapeta, Nellore. 4 The Inspector of Police, F2 Egmore Police Station, Law & Order, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the letter bearing No. T.No. R4/5920/Rent/KNL/08-ZIV, dt. 01-8-2008, addressed by the 1st respondent to the 2nd respondent communicated through 4th respondent as being illegal, arbitrary, capricious, malaﬁde contrary to the provisions of the Wakf Act of 1995, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SYED SHAREEF AHMED Counsel for the Respondent No.1: ABDUL NAJEEB KHAN (SC FOR WAKF BOARD) counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 4: The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the petitioner questioning the letter dated 01.08.2008 issued by the ﬁrst respondent, the Chief Executive Oﬃcer, A.P.State Wakf Board to the second respondent-Tahsildar, (Sub- Divisional Magistrate), Triplicate & Mylopere Taluk, Chennai with regard to handing over the properties belonging to the petitioner herein on the ground that the ﬁrst respondent has no jurisdiction to issue such letters. When the matter came up on the last occasion, the learned Standing Counsel for the Wakf Board while conceding that the ﬁrst respondent has no jurisdiction to issue the impugned letter, sought time for withdrawal of the same. Today, when the matter is taken up, the learned Standing Counsel produced before this Court the letter dated 12.09.2008 issued by the ﬁrst respondent withdrawing the impugned letter. In view of the above, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed. N.V.RAMANA, J Dt.15.09.2008 va/msv