IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 8402 of 2008 Between: 1 Venugopal Inani S/o Late Sri Ramprasad Inani C/o heeranand Ramsukh r/o 15-9-56, Maharajgunj, Hyderabad-500 012. 2 Ramesh Chandra Jhawar S/o late Suresh Chandra jawar r/o 15-9-48, Maharajgunj, Hyderabad-500 012. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Government of andhra Pradesh, Boggulakunta, Tailk Road, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 appropriate Writ, order or direction preferably one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not completing the enquiry in OA NO. 19/2003 within the statutory period prescribed under Rule 39 of the Enquiry and Appeal Rules, 1997 as illegal, void and consequently direct the respondent to complete the enquiry and render the decision about the status of the petitioner for declaration of members of the founder family to Sri Raghunathji Temple, maharaj Gunj, Hdyerabad forthwith and pass such other or further order or orders as deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MRS.CH.GANGA KUMARI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : W.P.NO. 8402 OF 2008 ORDER: According to the petitioners, their ancestors established temples by name Sri Raghunathji, Pandarinathji and Hanumanji in Maharajgunj, Hyderabad. The said temples were taken over by the Endowment Department. As the said temples were constructed by the ancestors of the petitioners, they requested the authorities to consider them as members of the founder family and for that they also filed OA No. 19 of 2003 and the same is pending before the respondent for the last five years. As the said OA is not disposed of within the statutory period prescribed under Rule 39 of the Enquiry and Appeal Rules, 1997, the petitioners approached this Court and filed the present writ petition for a direction to the respondent to dispose of the said OA. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Endowments. As the prayer in the writ petition itself is for early disposal of the OA, this Court need not go into the various aspects raised by the petitioners either in the writ affidavit or during the course of arguments, it is suffice to direct the respondent to dispose of the said OA No. 19 of 2003 within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. ____________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J Dt.17.4.2008 KR ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Government of andhra Pradesh, Boggulakunta, Tailk Road, Hyderabad. 2.2CCs to G.P. for Endowments, 3.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}