IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16579 of 2008 Between: Dhandu Kare Goud, S/o. Dhandu Hanumanthappa, R/o. Konapuram Village, H/o. Santhe Kondapuram, Bramhasamudram Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Manager/Executive Officer, Group Temples, Endowment Department, Kalyandurg, Anantapur 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 appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Notice No. 1 dt. 4-7-2008 of the respondent as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisidiction and in violation of principles of natural justice and in violation of Art.14 of the constitution of India and consequently direct respondent not to interfere into petitioner's possession and enjoyment of an extent of Ac. 0.36 cents in land in Sy.No. 466- 3 of Santhe Kondapuram Village of Bramhasamudram Mandal in the interest of justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.D.GOWD Counsel for the Respondent No.: V.T.M.PRASAD,SC FOR ENDOWNMENTS The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a declaration that the notice dated 4.7.2008 issued by the respondent under which the petitioner was asked to handover vacant possession of the land in their possession within 15 days is arbitrary and illegal. When the matter is taken up for consideration, learned Government Pleader for Endowments pointed out that under the impugned notice itself it was speciﬁed that the possession of the land in question would be taken following the procedure as prescribed under the Endowments Act, 30 of 1987. In the circumstances, the apprehension of the petitioner that they would be dispossessed forcibly is unfounded. Accordingly, recording the statement of the learned Government Pleader that the petitioner would not be dispossessed without following due process of law, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________________________ MS G. ROHINI ,J Dt. 08.08.2008 KA ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Manager/Executive Officer, Group Temples, Endowment Department, Kalyandurg, Anantapur District. 2. Two CD copies.