IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21725 of 2000 Between: 1 Nuthalapati Siva Prasad S/o Venkaiah Archaka, Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Chavali Ramesh S/o Ramchandra Rao Archaka, Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 3 Tanguturi Parvatheswara Sastry S/o Subba Rao Archaka, Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Nuthalapati Venkateswara Sastry, S/o Valaiah Archaka, Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 5 Smt Chavali Naga Kamalamma W/o Venkateswarlu Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 6 Nuthalapati Vidyadhara Kumar S/o Amareswara Rao Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments, Government of A.P., Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments Department, Guntur District. 3 Sri Valeswara Swamy Temple Rep by its Executive Officer, Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.V.S.R.ANJANEYALU Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2 : AGP FOR ENDOWMENTS. Counsel for Respondent No.3 : MR.M.ADINARAYANA RAJU. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21725 of 2000 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the auction conducted by respondent No.3 on 17.07.2000 as illegal. 2. Heard Sri V.S.R.Anjaneyulu, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 and Sri M.Adinarayana Raju, learned Standing Counsel for Respondent No.3. 3. In the counter aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.3, it is inter alia averred that respondent No.3 has taken possession of the land to an extent of Acs.21.00 on 03.07.2000 and conducted public auction of the said property on 14.07.2000. It is further stated that the highest bid was knocked down for Rs.2,29,700/- and after receiving 50% of the said amount, the possession was delivered to the highest bidder on 14.07.2000 itself. It is further stated that the lease was approved by the Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 4. Since the property was already given on lease and the term of the lease, which is statutorily ﬁxed at three years, also expired, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. 5. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 15.10.2008 v v