IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20868 of 2008 Between: 1 K. Chokkalingama Pillai, S/o. Venkatraya Pillai, R/o. Bathala Vari Palli Village, Putalapattu Mandal, Chittoor District. 2 M. Doraswamy Naidu, S/o. M. Siddama Naidu, R/o. at Door No. 27-1172, Sree Nilayam, Annamalai Gardens, Palammer Road, Chittoor Town and District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govermment of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Commissioenr, Endowments Department, Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 2 The Govermment of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Deputy Commissioner for Endowments Department at Kurnool, Kurnool District. 3 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Regional Joint Commissioner M-2II, Endowments Department, Tirupati, Chittoor Dist. 4 The Asst. Commissioner of Endowments, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 5 The District Collector (Endowments Department), Chittoor, Chittoor 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 may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the notiﬁcation issued by the second Respondent vide notiﬁcation No. B4/4751/2008 Adm., dt. 28-8- 2008, in so far as mentioning as if the Kaligiri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple, Kaligirikonda, is fallen within Penumur Mandal amounts to erroneous, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently, direct the respondents not to give eﬀect to the notiﬁcation till the jurisdiction of the temple is decided by them. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.T.C.KRISHNAN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20868 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners feel aggrieved by the notiﬁcation, dated 28.08.2008, issued by the Deputy Commissioner for Endowments Department, Kurnool, inviting applications for constituting New Trust Board for Kaligiri Konda Venkateshwara Swamy Devastanam, Kaligiri Village. The petitioners complain that though the Devastanam is situated within Putalapattu Mandal, the notiﬁcation mentions that it is in Penumuru Mandal and, thereby, their rights are affected. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Endowments. 3. There did exist some uncertainty as to the exact location of the temple. Putalapattu Mandal and Penumuru Mandal are adjoining each other. The Manager, Chittoor Group Devasthanams-I, Chittoor, addressed a letter, dated 28.09.2004, to the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Chittoor, with a request to state as to in which of the Mandals the temple is situated. On his part, the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Chittoor, addressed a letter, dated 28.02.2005, stating that the temple is situated in Puthalpat Reserve Forest. He did not clarify as to in which of the Mandals the temple is situated. Be that as it may, the alleged controversy pales into insigniﬁcance, in the context of formation of Board of Trustees. It is not as if the consideration would be conﬁned only to the residents of a particular Mandal. Much would depend upon the desirability and qualiﬁcations of an individual to be appointed as member of the Board. 4. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioners to put forward their claims in pursuance of the impugned notiﬁcation, and the Deputy Commissioner, Endowments Department, Kurnool, shall not conﬁne the consideration to the residents of any particular Mandal. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J 25.09.2008 v v