THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29136 of 2010 DATE: 23.11.2010 Between: Kotari Satyanarayana and another …Petitioners and Mansas Trust and another …Respondents COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONERS : SRI G.KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT No.2 : AGP FOR REVENUE THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29136 of 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to hold public auction of leasehold rights in respect of lands admeasuring Acs.3.58 cents comprised in Survey Nos.293 and 294 of Mutyalamma Lanka, Kotipalli Village, as illegal and arbitrary. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the above- mentioned lands were donated by the Kings of Vizianagaram Empire and a trust was created in respect of these lands and that the petitioners are claiming to be cultivating these lands right from the time of their respective fathers and by putting the properties to auction, they will be deprived of their livelihood. In my opinion, the petitioners have no legally enforceable right to claim to be in permanent possession of the lands, which admittedly, belong to a charitable trust registered under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. The law is well settled that the lands belonging to the State and the public institutions shall ordinarily be put to auction and efforts be made to derive as much revenue as possible from out of such auction. The proposed auction is therefore in conformity with this settled legal principle and no exception thereto can be taken. At the most, the petitioners are entitled to participate in the public auction and be considered along with other participants. In this view of the matter, I do not find any reason whatsoever to interfere with the proposed auction. As noted above, the petitioners are entitled to participate in the auction along with others. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.37112 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 23rd NOVEMBER, 2010. kvni