IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4995 of 2002 Between: Sarai Mosque, Imdadghar Complex, Vijayawada, Krishna District. Rep: Secretary Abdul Raheem Afsar S/o Sbdul Khuddus Age:59, R/o Vijayawada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Andhra Pradesh Wakf Board, Rep by its Chief Executive Officer, Razak Manzil, Opp:Public Gardens, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 The District Revenue Officer & District Wakf Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 3 District Minorities Welfare Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.Ramkumar for Mr T.S.Anand Counsel for the respondents: MR.S.M.SUBHANI (SC FOR AP WAKF BOARD) The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to set aside proceedings dated 09-03-2002 issued by respondent No.3. Heard Sri M.Ramkumar, learned counsel representing Sri T.S.Anand, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri S.M.Subhani, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The petitioner, which is a wakf and represented by its Secretary Sri Abdul Raheem Afsar, ﬁled the present writ petition feeling aggrieved by the proceedings issued by respondent No.3, whereby he called upon the management of the petitioner-wakf to cooperate with him to hold enquiry into the allegations made against the management and published in newspapers. The main contention of the petitioner is that respondent No.3 has no jurisdiction to hold an enquiry into the affairs of the petitioner-wakf. At the hearing, the learned Standing Counsel submitted that the term of the managing committee of the petitioner- wakf expired on 15-02-2004 itself and therefore, the Secretary Sri Abdul Raheem Afsar, who represented the petitioner-wakf, is no longer interested in its aﬀairs. The learned counsel for the petitioner has not disputed this submission. Inasmuch as the term of the managing committee of the petitioner-wakf, at whose instance the present writ petition is ﬁled, expired, they cannot maintain this writ petition. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the succeeding managing committee to question the interference by respondent No.3 with the aﬀairs of the petitioner-wakf. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order dated 20-03-2002 is vacated and WPMP No.6271 of 2002 is dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 29th September, 2008 vrn