IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.357 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 28.12.2007 in WVMP.No.3208 of 2007 in WPMP.No.26669 of 2007 in W.P No.20612 of 2007 on the file of the High Court.) Between: G.Rama Rao, S/o. Dasaratha Rao, Sri Patha Lakshmi Narsimhaswamy Devasthanam (Patha Gutta), Peddareddigudem, Ydagirigutta, Nalgonda District. .....Appellant And 1. The Commissioner, Endowments Department, A.P., Hyderabad. 2. Sri KLakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District, represented by its Executive Officer. 3. V. Rammohan, S/o. Lakshmi Narasaiah, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District. 4. A. Chandra Sekhar, S/o. late Anjaiah, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District. 5. D.Bhaskar, S/o. Chandra Sekhar Sharma, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District. 6. M. Shiva Kumar, S/o. late Pochaiah, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District. 7. G. Ramesh Babu, S/o. Balaiah, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District. .....Respondents Counsel for the appellant : Sri A. Ramakrishna Counsel for respondent No.1 : Government Pleader for Endowments Counsel for respondent Nos.3 to 7: Sri P. Gangaiah Naidu, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri N. Bharat Babu. The Court passed the following: JUDGMENT: (per R. Subhash Reddy, J.) This writ appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is filed against the orders of the learned Single Judge dated 28.12.2007 passed in WVMP.No.3208 of 2007 in WPMP.No.26669 of 2007 in Writ Petition No.20612 of 2007. The appellant is the third respondent in the writ petition and he was the petitioner in the revision petition before the Commissioner, Endowments Department, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad in R.P. No.13 of 2006. By an order dated 23.6.2007 passed in R.P.No.13 of 2006, the Commissioner of Endowments had ordered to fix the inter se seniority list of employees of two endowment institutions namely, Patha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam and Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam at Yadagirigutta in Nalgonda District. Such directions were given based on the earlier orders of the Commissioner for amalgamation dated 13.9.2004 passed in Proceedings No.A1/36512/2004 in exercise of powers under Section 145(2) of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions & Endowments Act, 1987. Aggrieved by the directions issued by the Commissioner in R.P.No.13 of 2006, the writ petitioners, who belonged to Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam, filed the present writ petition i.e. W.P.No.20612 of 2007 on the ground that they have already questioned the orders of amalgamation dated 13.9.2004 in Writ Petition No.8662 of 2006 and there are orders of status quo. A learned Single Judge of this Court, initially, by order dated 1.10.2007, suspended the orders of the Commissioner passed in R.P.No.13 of 2006. However, on the application filed by the appellant herein in WVMP.No.3208 of 2007, the earlier ad interim orders were made absolute by the learned Single Judge by the impugned order. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant and the respondents. Mainly, it is contended on behalf of the appellant that as much as orders of amalgamation were passed on 13.9.2004, and as much as this Court, in Writ Petition No.8662 of 2006, passed orders of status quo only, the learned Single Judge ought to have vacated the interim orders in WPMP.No.26669 of 2007 in Writ Petition No.20612 of 2007. However, it is to be seen that by the date of order of this Court dated 7.7.2006 in Writ Petition No.8662 of 2006, in which directions were issued to maintain status quo pursuant to the orders of the Commissioner dated 13.9.2004, which were subsequently made absolute by order dated 26.11.2007, no final integrated seniority list was prepared. Hence, the issue with regard to amalgamation of services of employees of both the temples is pending consideration in Writ Petition No.8662 of 2006. Moreover, in view of the interim orders passed in the said writ petition, there cannot be any direction for fixation of inter se seniority. Whether any seniority list is prepared or not in view of the amalgamation ordered by the Commissioner by order dated 13.9.2004, it will depend on the result of Writ Petition No.8662 of 2006. In that view of the matter, for the aforementioned reasons, we do not find any infirmity in the order passed by the learned Single Judge, which warrants interference. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 30th April, 2008 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. ….REGISTRAR To 1. The Commissioner, Endowments Department, A.P., Hyderabad. 2. The Executive Officer, Sri KLakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Devasthanam, Yadagirigutta, Nalgonda District. 3. Two copies to the Govt. Pleader for Endowments, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4. Two C.D. copies. ARS