IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.346 of 2010 Between: Aravabhoomi Chandra Sekhar Reddy ..... Petitioner AND The Commissioner of Endowments, Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri M. Vidyasagar Counsel for respondents 1&2: GP for Endowments Counsel for respondent No.3: Sri V.T.M. Prasad The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.346 of 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside notice No.H1/45124/2009, dated 31.12.2009 of respondent No.1, whereby he has called for applications for constitution of Board of Trustees to Sri Chengallamma Parameswari Ammavari Devastanam, Sullurpet Town, Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, as illegal and arbitrary. When this case came up on an earlier occasion, this Court adjourned the same to enable respondent No.1 to file a counter affidavit. Today, at the hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Endowments, on instructions, submitted that under Section 15(1) of the A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (for short, “the Act”), it is the Dharmika Parishad, which is competent to constitute the trust board for respondent No.3 temple and that respondent No.1, who is the Member Secretary of the Dharmika Parishad, has issued the impugned notification without there being any decision by the Dharmika Parishad. He has therefore conceded that the impugned notification has no sanction of law in the absence of the decision taken by the Dharmika Parishad for constitution of the trust board and issuance of notification inviting applications for this purpose and that the same may be set aside with liberty to respondent No.2 Dharmika Praishad to initiate the process in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder for constitution of the trust board. Having regard to the above-submission of the learned Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned notification is set aside with liberty in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition in the manner indicated above, WPMP No.405 of 2010 and WVMP.Nos.2952 and 374 of 2010 are disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 08.03.2011 ES