THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.19112 OF 1998 DATED: 07-03-2007 Between : Mosque Committee, Mansoorabad, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad, rep. by its President M.A.Sattar ... Petitioner And 1. The Secretary (Revenue), Secretariat, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad., And 4 others. .. Respondents ‘ THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.19112 OF 1998 ORDER : This writ petition is filed by the Mosque Committee, Mansoorabad, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad, seeking a Mandamus directing the respondents not to grant any pattas in respect of the wakf property situated in Sy.Nos.6 & 7 to an extent of Ac.51-17 guntas of Mansoorabad Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, R.R. District. It is claimed by the petitioner that the said property is wakf property having notified as such in the A.P. Gazette dated 9-2-1989 under Sections 4 (3) & 5(2) of the Wakf Act, 1954. This Court while directing Rule Nisi, by order dated 13-7- 1998 ordered that Status Quo obtaining as on that date shall be maintained. The said order continued to be in operation throughout. In response to Rule Nisi, though 5th respondent filed a counter- affidavit stating that the property in question is a notified wakf property, the respondents 1 to 4 did not choose to file any counter-affidavit. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in the absence of any counter-affidavit by the respondents 1 to 4, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to the respondents 1 to 4 not to interfere with the property in question in any manner whatsoever without following due process of law. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 7-3-2007 gbs