IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 25815 of 2008 Between: Jasthi Somasekhar S/o. Appa Rao Navaluru Village, Mangalagiri (M), Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, rep. by its Executive Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. .....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 to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in issuing Notification vide Adv.No.15/TA/SE- III/TTD/2008-09 dt. 05.11.2008 published in Eenadu Newspaper issued by the Respondent, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Principles of Natural Justice and consequently set aside the same and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SURESH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.PALLENAGESWARA RAO(SC FOR TTD) THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 25815 of 2008 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is to declare the action of the respondents, in issuing notification dated 05-11-2008, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner claims to be a devotee of Lord Venkateswara. It is his case that the respondent-T.T.D, in the course of spreading Hindu religion, is mandated to establish and manage Kalyanamandapams at various places all over the country. His grievance is that the respondent-T.T.D had, by issuing a notification, sought to privatize Kalyanamandapams. The relief sought for by the petitioner is that the respondent-T.T.D should continue to run the Kalyanamandapams and that it should not entrust such management to persons or societies. The petitioner is, evidently, a busy body. If the petitioner was so concerned about the sanctity of Kalyanamandapams, which is now sought to be handed over to persons or societies, nothing prevented him from coming forward and offering his services to the T.T.D to run these Kalyanamandapams free of cost. No mandamus can be issued by this Court to direct the respondent-T.T.D or, for that matter, any instrumentality of the State, to continue incurring expenditure which, in their wisdom, they consider it wholly unnecessary. I see no reason to entertain writ petitions of this nature. The writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Dt:26-11-2008 usd