IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 9970 of 2001 BETWEEN: Yadlapalli Sambaiah S/o.Late Iyyanna R/o. Chemmalamudi Village, Vatticherukuri Mandal, Guntur District. Petitioner cause title amended as per Court Order Dt.19/9/2001 in WPMP.No.24447/2001 ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments, Govt of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 The Dy. Commissioner of Endowments Govt of A.P., Kothapet, Guntur. 3 The Asst. Commissioner Endowments Department, Govt of A.P. Kothapet, Guntur District. 4 Nallapaneni Krishna Rao S/o.Venkateswarlu, Chemmalamudi Village, Vatticherukuri Mandal, Guntur District. R4 impleaded as per Court Order in WPMP 15621/2001 Dt.30/11/2001 5 Ponnam Nageswara Rao S/o.Basavaiah, JKC College Road, Vijayapurist Line, 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 order, direction or Writ of Mandamus or any appropriate writ forbearing the respondents from interfering with the functioning of the Trustees of Village tank and properties of Village tank of Chemmalmudi Village, Vatticherukuri Mandal, Guntur District declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the administration of the truest by the Trustees as illegal of the Village tank including properties of the said tank and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.SUBRAMANYAM Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS Counsel for the Respondents 4 & 5: MR.S.R.SANKU & KAVITI MURLI KRISNA The Court made the following: ORDER: Taking note of the fact that the learned counsel for the petitioner had expired, this Court had directed the oﬃce to issue notice to the petitioner directly by its order dated 10.09.2008. The notice issued by the office was served upon the sole petitioner, Sri Yadlapalli Sambaiah, who substituted the original writ petitioner, Smt. Kanuri Venkataratnam by virtue of the order of this Court dated 19.09.2001. This service was effected on 23.09.2008. In spite of the lapse of nearly 1½ month no steps have been taken to engage a counsel. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed for non-prosecution. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ P.V. SANJAY KUMAR, J November 12, 2008 DSK