HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No.25753 of 2003 9th September, 2010 Between :- Mullangi Raghava Reddy .. Petitioner And The Commissioner of Endowments, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No.25753 of 2003 ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in holding the re-auction on 13-12-2003 in respect of leasehold rights of the lands in survey No.369/1 of Gopalapuram village and Mandal, West Godavari District, belonging to the 3rd respondent-temple, as arbitrary and illegal. It is the case of the petitioner that the auction was initially held on 15-9-2003 in which the petitioner was declared as the successful bidder and he had also paid the bid amount and the auction was confirmed in his favour. Thus, it is contended that the action of the respondent in holding re-auction as arbitrary and illegal. This Court by order dt.23-12-2003 while directing rule nisi granted status quo obtaining as on that day. Be that as it may, as per Rule 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Lease of Agricultural Lands Rules, 2003 (G.O.Ms.No.379, Revenue (Endowments-I) Department, dated 11-3- 2003, the period of lease shall not exceed three years and thus even assuming that the petitioner was the auction purchaser in the lease held on 15-9-2003, the period of lease expired long back. Therefore nothing survives for adjudication on merits. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ___________________ G.ROHINI, J 9th September, 2010 smr