IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 2347 of 2009 Between: Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy Vari Temple Development Committee, Rep. by its President and Founder Trustee Srinadula Paradeshi S/o. Appala Narsaiah, aged 62 yrs, R/o. S. Kota, Vizianagaram. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner , Endowments Department, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Assistant Commissioner , Endowments Department, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram 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 writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent no. 2 in not considering the representation dt. 26-11-2008 submitted by the petitioner seeking to accord permission to maintain Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple by the petitioner committee, as arbitrary and illegal, and consequently direct the respondents to enquire into the matter and to handover the temple to the petitioner committee. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.L.RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.2 in not considering representation dated 26-11-2008 submitted by the petitioner-committee seeking to grant permission to the committee to maintain Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple as arbitrary and illegal. The only grievance of the petitioner is that the representation submitted by it on 26-11-2008 before the Deputy Commissioner of Endowment Department, Visakhapatnam-respondent No.2 seeking permission for maintenance of Sri Anjaneya Swamy temple by it has not been considered by him till now. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on merits, respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the representation purported to have been made by the petitioner on 26-11-2008 and pass appropriate orders, as per law, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the decision taken thereon to the petitioner. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Dated 10th February, 2009 vrn