IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA WRIT PETITION NO : 8100 of 2005 Between: Gokaranam Purushotham, S/o. Late Sankaraiah, T.R.Kandriga Village, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Govt of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 Regional Joint Commissioner, Endowments Department, Govt of A.P., Tirupathi. 3 Deputy Commissioner, Endowments Dept., Kurnool. 4 Asst. Commissioner Endowments Dept., Chittoor. .....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 declaring that the action on the part of respondents in not considering the representation of the petitioner dt. 10th January 2005 to appoint him as hereditary Archaka of Sri Desamma Devasthanam, T.R.Kandriga, Nagari Mandal, Chaittoor District, as arbitrary, illegal,unjust and consequently direct the respondent to appoint the petitioner as hereditary Archaka of Sri Desamma Devasthanam, T.R. Kandriga, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor District, and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.BOBBA VIJAYALAKSHMI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORAL ORDER:. Heard both sides and at their request this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. This Writ Petition is filed for issuance of a writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the representation of the petitioner dated 10th January 2005 to appoint him as hereditary Archaka of Sri Desamma Devasthanam, T.R.Kandriga, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor District, as arbitrary, illegal and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner as hereditary Archaka of Sri Desamma Devasthanam, T.R. Kandiriga, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor District. The grievance of the petitioner is that he has been performing the duty of assisting Archakas and in that process he gained sufficient experience. Undisputedly, his father was an Archaka till 1998. In view of the changed circumstances, he made a representation to the first respondent on 10.1.2005 to consider his case, but, the same is still pending. For the foregoing reasons, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider and dispose of the representation dated 10.1.2005 filed by the petitioner, keeping in view his earlier status, as son of earlier Archaka, and his experience in assisting the present Archaka, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. _________________ D.S.R. VARMA, J DATED: 12.04.2005 Ka To 1 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Govt of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 Regional Joint Commissioner, Endowments Department, Govt of A.P., Tirupathi. 3 Deputy Commissioner, Endowments Dept., Kurnool. 4 Asst. Commissioner Endowments Dept., Chittoor. 5. Two CCs to G.P. for Endowments, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad (OUT) 6. Two CD copies.