HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO. 27239 OF 2006 DATED: 2.1.2007 Between: Sri Sadasiva Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, Situated in Kunchavaram village, represented by its Founder Trustee and Person-in-Management Ghatti Krishna Moorthy and Ghatti Subrahmanyam. … Petitioners and The Commissioner, Endowments Department and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO.27239 OF 2006 ORAL ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the founder trustees and persons-in- management of Sri Sadasiva Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, Kunchavaram village, Guntur District. They seek a declaration that the action of the 2nd respondent in acquiring the land of the petitioner- Temple in an extent of Ac.7.10 cents in Sy.No.88/1 of Kunchavaram village is arbitrary, illegal and violative of the Will of the donor and a direction to the respondents to restore possession over the acquired land to the petitioner-Temple, by canceling the pattas issued to beneficiaries. Though the petitioners do not state when the land was acquired, the writ petition implies that pattas were allotted by the respondents in 1998 after the 2nd respondent acquired the land in an extent of Ac.7.10 cents for Rs.4,43,401/-, though the current cost of the land is asserted to be more than Rs.6,00,000/-. The affidavit is silent as to why the acquisition somewhere in 1988 or prior thereto, has not been challenged for over 8 years. The writ petition is also silent as to the material facts regarding the petitioners’ recognition as members of the founder’s family and as to their appointment either as the sole trustees or as members of the Board of Trustees. No facts are pleaded as to their claim that they are persons-in-management. Thus, the petitioners’ entitlement to represent the petitioner-temple is also not made out. For all the aforesaid reasons, there are no merits. The writ petition is dismissed at the stage of admission after hearing the learned Government Pleader for Endowments. No order as to costs. ------------------------------- GODA RAGHURAM, J Date: 2.1.2007 CVM