IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HUDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTYFIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO.11047 OF 2004 Between: 1. Galla Sambasiva Rao S/o Musalaiah, aged 59 years R/o Chavali, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 2. Somarouthu Janakamma w/o Veerasekhara Rao, aged 71 years, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 3. Dulupudi Mohan Rao so D.Satyanarayana, aged 56 years, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 5. Velivela Venkateswarlu s/o Lakshminarayana, aged 56 years R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 6. Velivela Ramaswamy s/o lakshminarayana, aged 46 years, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 7. Vishnumolakala Subrahmanyeswara Rao s/o V.Hanumantha Rao, aged 39 years, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 8. Vishnumolakala Hanumantha Rao so Vishwanadham, aged 76 years R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 9. Tadikonda Koteswara Rao s/o Venkateswarlu, aged 66 years R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 10. Somarouthu Venkateswarlu s/o Krishnaiah, aged 61 years, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. … PETITIONERS And : 1. The Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Guntur 2. Sri Valeswara Swamy Temple, Chavali, Vemuru Mandal, rep. by its Executive Officer, Chavali, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 3. Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, rep by its Executive Officer, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, 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 will be pleased to issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Order or Direction more particularly a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents herein not to treat the petitioners herein as defaulters due to the drought conditions prevailed during the year 2003-2004 by not initiating any eviction proceedings by declaring the inaction of the respondents in not disposing of the representation dated 16.1.2004 and also 5.2.2004 as illegal, void and without jurisdiction and pass such other order or orders as the Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. G.Dharma Rao Counsel for the Respondent: GP for Endowments. The Court made the following : : ORAL ORDER: It is fairly represented by Mr. I. Ravindra Babu, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that W.P.No. 8865 of 2003 seeking identical relief as in this writ petition and in identical circumstances, has been dismissed by this court by the judgment dated 25.4.2008 and in the circumstances this writ petition also requires to be dismissed. Recording the submission and for the reasons alike as recorded in the judgment in W.P.No. 8865 of 2003 this writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. 25.04.2008 ----------------------- ---- Pvsn Justice G.Raghuram To 1. The Assistant Commissioner of Endowments, Guntur 2. Sri Valeswara Swamy Temple, Chavali, Vemuru Mandal, rep. by its Executive Officer, Chavali, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District. 3. Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, rep by its Executive Officer, R/o Chavali, Venuru Mandal, Guntur District. 4. 2 CCs to 5. 2 CD copies