IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18616 of 2008 Between: Darmarla Lakshmi W/oSri Redankaiah Yazali (V) Karlapalem(M) Guntur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt of A.P rep.by its Prinicipal Secretary Revenue (Endowments-1) Dept Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner Endowments Department A.P.Tilak Road Hyderabad 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments Guntur,Guntur District 4 Sri Kasivisweswara Swamy Vari Temple Yazali(V) Karlapalem(M) Guntur District Rep.by its Manager .....RESPONDENTS 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent in insisting upon the petitioner to pay the maktha of the lease hold lands for the year 2006-07 as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of G.O Rt No.2711 Revenue(Endowments-1) Dept dt 22-12-2006 and Govt Memo No.16038/Endts I(2)/2007 -1 dt 12- 04-2007 issued by the 1st respondent and consequently direct the respondents to refrain from collecting the maktha for the year 2006-07 for the lands of an extent of Ac 6-97 cents situated in Sy.No.716 and an extent of ac 0.99 cents in Sy 818/2 of Yazail (V) Karlapalem(M) Guntur District. Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Kovvuri Krishna Kishore Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner is the lessee in respect of the lands held by Sri Kasivisweswara Swamy Vari Temple, Yazali Village, Karlapalem Mandal, Guntur District, the fourth respondent herein, for a period of three years, commencing from 2006-2007. It is stated that the crop raised by the petitioner during the year 2006- 2007 was damaged on account of ﬂoods. Reference is made to G.O.Rt.No.2711 Revenue (Endowments-1) Department, dated 22.12.2006, wherein, the Government granted remission of rent in respect of leases of lands belonging to Endowment and Charitable Institutions. The grievance of the petitioner is that the fourth respondent is demanding rent for the past two years, though he has paid rent for the year 2007-2008. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Endowments for respondents 1 to 4 and the learned Standing Counsel for the fourth respondent. It is no doubt true that the fourth respondent issued a demand notice, dated 05.05.2008, for payment of rent for the years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. It is now represented by the learned Standing Counsel for the fourth respondent to the eﬀect that the said notice has since been withdrawn and the demand was made for payment of rent for the year 2007-2008 only. With that, the grievance of the petitioner stands redressed. Hence, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:02.09.2008. kdl