IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 22484 of 2001 Between: 1.K.S. Venkata Rama Raju, S/o.K.Subba Raju, R/o.Sadasiva Shankara Puram, Nagalapuram Mandal, Chittoor District. 2.N.Mani Babu, S/o.N.R.Narayana Swamy, R/o. Surutapalli, Nagalapuram Mandal, Chittoor District. 3.M. Prabhakara Naidu, S/o. Chengaiah Naidu, R/o. Lingamanaidu Kandriga, Nagalapuram Mandal, Chittoor District. 4.Smt.B.Vandana, W/o.Chenchaiah Naidu, R/o.Subbanaidu Kandriga, Nagalapuram Mandal, Chittoor District. 5.S.Parashuraman, S/o.Sreenivasan, R/o.Nagalapuram village & Mandal, Chittoor District. ….PETITIONERS. AND 1.Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 2.Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Deputy Commissioner, Endowments Department, Kurnool. 3.Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Assistant Commissioner, Endowments Department, Chittoor District. 4.Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Regional Joint Commissioner, Endowments Department, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 5.V.Radha Krishnan, Junior Assistant, Sri Varasiddi Vinayaka S.T., Kanipakam, Chittoor District. .....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 any appropriate writ, order or direction preferably a writ in the nature of certiorari calling for records relating to proceedings in R.C.No.G3/46606/2001-16, dt.31/8/2001 issued by the first respondent herein and to quash the same as being arbitrary, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India as well as the provisions of the A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. P.VENUGOPAL Counsel for Respondents 1 to 4: GOVT. PLEADER FOR ENDOWMENTS Counsel for Respondent No.5 : Mr. K.V.N.BHUPAL. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The petitioners were appointed as trust board members by proceedings dated 20-6- 2001 issued by the third respondent and they have taken charge on 29-6-2001. Admittedly, the period of trust board is only for a period of two years and the same has expired by 28-6-2003. The petitioners filed this writ petition questioning the proceedings dated 31-8-2001 by which the fifth respondent has been appointed as Executive Officer of Sri Palli Kondeswara Swamy Temple. Since the impugned order has been suspended by this Court and the petitioners completed their term of appointment, the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________________ 28th July 2004. ARS To 1.Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 2.Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Deputy Commissioner, Endowments Department, Kurnool. 3.Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Assistant Commissioner, Endowments Department, Chittoor District. 4.Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Regional Joint Commissioner, Endowments Department, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 5.Two CCs to Govt. Pleader for Endowments, High Court Bldgs., Hyderabad (OUT). 6.Two CD copies.