HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO W.P.No.10247 of 2010 Dated: 14-09-2010 Between: S.Chenchaiah & Another …Petitioners AND The Govt. of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Endowments Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & Others. Respondents. This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO W.P.No.10247 of 2010 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) By means of filing this writ petition in the form of public interest, petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the notice No.B1/1459/2010-ADM, dated 20.2.2010 issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Kurnool-third respondent herein and to set aside the same and the consequential proceedings, which are contrary to the Andhra Pradesh Hindu Religious Institutions & Endowments Act, 1987 (for short ‘the Act’). By the impugned proceedings, the third respondent in exercise of the powers under Section 15(2) of the Act, appointed new Trust Board to Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, situated in Ramasamudram Village, Jupadu Bunglow Mandal, Kurnool District on expiry of 20 days from the date of issuance of notification. It is contended that the said temple is having Ac.7.56 cents and Ac.8.36 cents of land, and that the lands are being cultivated by the villagers by way of public auction, and that the income, in fact, is not crossed Rs.one lakh at any point of time, but recently the income is generated upto Rs.70,000/-, and the said amounts with accrued interest are being used for maintaining festivals, brahmostavas etc. It is alleged that some local leaders with an intention to grab the lands of the temple, influenced the third respondent, who in turn issued the impugned notification inviting applications to appoint a trust board without notifying the temple under the Act. It is alleged that unless temple is notified under Section 6 of the Act, the third respondent has no jurisdiction to issue the said notification. Learned Government Pleader for Endowments produced a copy of notification notifying the temple in question under Section 6(c) of the Act which is found at serial No.942 in the list prepared in the year 2007. It is also stated that the Trust Board appointed by the third respondent pursuant to the notification have resigned and at present there is no Trust Board constituted pursuant to the impugned proceedings. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. __________________ SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 RAJA ELANGO, J. Tsr.