THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 21229 OF 2010 Dated: 25.08.2010 Between: A.Rukma Reddy and another ..... PETITIONERS AND The Asst. Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 21229 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners herein claim to be the devotees and residents of the Santhosh Nagar Colony wherein Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple is located. By order dated 22.01.2003 passed by the Assistant Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad, the 3rd respondent herein was recognized as a founder trustee of the said temple. Alleging that the 3rd respondent had committed several irregularities in managing the affairs of the temple and in spite of the complaints made, the respondents 1 and 2 failed to take any action, the present writ petition has been filed. Section 28 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (for short, ‘the Act’) provides that the authority competent to appoint a trustee, may suspend, remove or dismiss a trustee if he fails to discharge the duties and perform the functions of a trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Act. In the circumstances, the petitioners ought to have made a representation before the competent authority under the Act specifying the irregularities allegedly committed by the 3rd respondent. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion as to the correctness of the allegations made by the petitioners, the Writ Petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioners to make an appropriate representation as expressed above. No costs. ___________ Date: 25.08.2010 G. ROHINI, J Ivd