IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9354 of 2008 Between: Meduri Subrahmanyeswara Sarma S/o. M. Surya Prakash Rao Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Annavaram, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, (Endowments), Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Tilak Road, Abids, Hyderabad. 3 Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam, rep. by its Executive Officer, Annavaram, East Godavari District. 4 The Chairman, Board of Trustee, Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Annavaram, East Godavari 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 any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings of the 3rd respondent vide Notice No.J1/1071/07 dated 01.04.2007 in terminating the petitioner from service as arbitrary, illegal, without following principles of natural justice, bad in law, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and also the provisions contained in Andhra Pradesh Charitable Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowment Act, 1987, and consequently by setting aside the same direct the respondents herein to reinstate me back into service with back wages, all consequential and attendant benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner:DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as Vrata Purohit in Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devastanam, Annavaram, the third respondent herein, on 16.06.2001, on compassionate grounds. His services are terminated vide proceedings, dated 01.04.2007. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner preferred an appeal to the Chairman of Board of Trustee of the Devastanam, the fourth respondent herein. The petitioner complains that no action has been taken by the Board so far and that he is out of employment for the past one year. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Endowments and learned Standing Counsel for respondents 3 and 4. The petitioner has already availed the remedy of appeal, aggrieved by the order of removal from service. This Court cannot express its view on the order of removal, at this stage. The fourth respondent has to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, without any further loss of time. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of, directing the fourth respondent to pass appropriate orders, on the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order dated 01.04.2007, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ Dt.28.04.2008 L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J GJ ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, (Endowments), Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Tilak Road, Abids, Hyderabad. 3 2 CCs to the Government Pleader for Endowments(OUT). 4 2CD copies. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}