THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.2316 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner has challenged the appointment of the fourth respondent as a Single Trustee to manage the day-to-day affairs of Shankar Mutt, Hussainialam, Hyderabad. Learned Government Pleader for Endowments submits that the question involved in the present writ petition is whether Shankar Mutt is a mutt or temple. In case it is a mutt, the provisions of Section 48 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (for short ‘the Act’) would not be applicable, whereas, if it is a temple, Sections 18 to 22, 25 and 28 of the Act would be applicable. He further submits that the petitioner has already preferred original application vide O.A.No.8 of 1995 before the Endowments Tribunal and the same is still pending and that the petitioner may raise all the points as raised in this writ petition in the said O.A. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be permitted to raise all the points in the O.A, which is pending before the Endowments Tribunal. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to raise all the points, as raised in this writ petition, in the O.A, which is pending before the Endowments Tribunal, which shall consider and dispose of the O.A in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible. There shall be no order as to costs. Ashutosh Mohunta, J Date: 14.12.2010 va