IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 14631 of 2008 Between: Sri Santoshimatha Devasthanam @ Sri Santoshi, Rupa Devi Devasthanam(Attached and under the control of Sri Sri Sri Jagathguru Pushpagiri Shankaracharya Maha Samsthanam) Suryapet Town, Nalgonda District, rep by its General Secretary, B.Muralidhar,S/o. late Sambaiah. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Tilak Nagar, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissiner of Endowments, Nalgonda District. 3 The Manager, Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Suryapet Town, Endowment Department, Nalgonda 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 declaring the inaction on the part of the respondents 1 & 2 in considering the stay petition pending O.A. before the 2nd natural justice equity and fair play and contrary to the 8 of A.P., Charitable Hindu Institution and Endowments Act, 1987 and consequently direct the respondents 1&2 to consider the case of the petitioner in the interest of justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MRP.RAJASEKHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 14631 of 2008 O R D E R: Pursuant to the order of this Court dated 09-06-2008 in W.P.No.10920 of 2008, the petitioner has already approached the second respondent-Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Hyderabad. It is stated that he also preferred an application seeking interim stay of the proceedings of the 3rd respondent dated 29-04- 2008. However, since the application is kept pending and no orders have been passed so far, the present writ petition is filed. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned standing counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent and the learned Government Pleader for Endowments appearing for respondents 1 and 2, without expressing any opinion on merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the interlocutory application filed by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. Till such orders are passed, status quo ordered in W.P.No.10920 of 2008 shall continue. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 08-07-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire. B/o KLP