THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.13003 of 2007 ORDER: 1 This Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of the second respondent in taking steps to conduct auction of the leasehold rights in respect of the agricultural lands admeasuring to an extent of Ac.3-34 cents covered by Sy.No.408/21 of Vakatippa Village, U. Kothapalli Mandal, East Godavari District as illegal and arbitrary. 2 The case of the petitioners is that they are small farmers and they are the cultivating tenants of the lands in question belonging to Sri Venugopala Swamy Vari Temple of Vakatippa Village, U. Kothapalli Mandal, East Godavari District. This Writ Petition is filed mainly on the ground that the petitioners have made a representation before the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Rajahmundry to declare them as landless poor persons so as to avail the benefits conferred under Section 82 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. 3 The auction was notified only for a period of three years and the said period itself is over. Moreover, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned standing counsel for the temple produced a copy of the order passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Rajahmundry vide proceedings M.A.No.1434/2007 (in Rc.No.A3/8469/2003) dated 02.07.2007, rejecting the claim of the petitioners that they are landless poor persons. 4 In view of the expiry of the period for which auction was notified and also in view of the orders passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Rajahmundry by proceedings dated 02.07.2007, rejecting the claim of the petitioners that they are landless poor persons, the petitioners are not entitled to the relief as prayed in this Writ Petition. However, as it is stated in the counter filed by the Executive Officer of the temple that aggrieved by the orders passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Rajahmundry, the revision petitions filed by the petitioners, claiming to be landless poor persons, are pending before the Regional Joint Commissioner, Multi Zone – I, Kakinada, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the present Writ Petition with a direction that if any such revisions are preferred by the petitioners before the Regional Joint Commissioner, Multi Zone – I, Kakinada, against the orders passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Rajahmundry dated 02.07.2007, the same shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5 Subject to the above directions, this Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. --------------------------- R.Subhash Reddy, J. 17.11.2011 Kvsn