H ' IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION NO: 30409 OF 7noi Between: 1. Nemalladinne John Bhaskar Rao, aged about 77 years, Retired-GSI Central Church, Kadapa^d^^fex. i Central Church, Kadapa Residing . Kadapa District. Kadapa Git^j:5l6 001 S/o Namalladinne Paul Christian, High School Teacher, Member Pastorate Committee Secretary, ' at D.No.2/234, Maruthi Nag YSR CSI CSI -PETITIONERS AND District, M.w'g 7Mnorto ot^lfee'-D'’ Secretary, Guntur AndhraPradesh, ^elagapudi Amaravati, 4. The District Collector, YSR Kadapa District 5. The District Collector, Chittoor District, The State of Tadepalli, Andhra Pradesh. Minorities, Finance Andhra Pradesh. Kadapa Andhra Pradesh Chittoor Andhra Pradesh / V Vi : K .> • * / 6. The Commissioner Civil Supplies, Office of Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Secretariat Buildings, Amaravati, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 7. P. Issac Vara Prasad, Sto;Abraham, aged about 58 years. The Then Presbyter, (posing as Bishop of CSI RD Kadapa) C/o CSI Town church, Gooty, Anantapur District! '-■(Ik'L'-';:''' 8. The Moderator, ,CSI SYNOD and Chairman, Church of South India Trust Association, Registered: under Companies Act, 1956/2013 No.5, Whites Road, Royapeta, Chennai-600 014 Tamilnadu 9. The General Secretary, CSI SYNOD and Secretary, Church of South India Trust Association, Registered under Companies Act, 1956/2013 No.5, Whites Road, Royapeta, Chennai Tamilnadu 10. The Bishop, Church of SoutH thclia Rayalseema Diocesan Kadapa YSR Kadapa District, - 516 001'Ahdhra Pradesh. 11. The Vice President, Church '’O^ South India Rayalseema Diocesan Diocesan office, RS Road,' kadapa-516.001, Andhra Pradesh 12. The Diocesan Secretary, Dibcesan Office, Church of South India Rayalseema Diocesan RS Rpid, Kadapa-516 001. Andhra Pradesh 13. The Registrar, Senate of Serumpur College, P.O. Serampore-712 201 Hooghly District, West Bengal. 14. The Principal, Andhra Christian Theological College, Gandhi Nagar (PO), Hyderabad-500 080 Telangana State / ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or director more particularly one in the nature dfS declaring the Mandate in Ref No. Ml /2019/258/2020 dated 24.09.2020 issued by Respondent No. 8 revalidating the earlier mandate'through ref No. Ml(07)/2019/207 dated 04.01.2020 issued by him enabling Respondent No. 11 to Summon a meeting of Executive Committefepf Diocese Council to elect a lay sub Committee for conducting elections for formation of Bishopric Panel for / \ / appointment of a Bishop, church of south India, Rayalaseema Diocese council and also the consequential certificate of election dated 22.02.2021 issued by him appointing respondent. No.7 as Bishop of Church of South India, Rayelaseema Diocese Respondent No. 10 without there being any election for Bishopric Panel as, arhitrary, illegal contrary to the constitution of Church of South India and ,further violative the fundamental rights guaranteed to the Petitioners , under Article 14, 19 and 21 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents 8 and 9 to issue fresh Mandate for formation of Bishopric Panel for appointment of Bishop of Church of South India, Rayalaseema Diocese, R.S. Road, Kadapa YSR District by sfetting * aside the mandate in Ref. No. Ml/2019/258/2020 dt 24.09.2020* inbluding the certificate of election dt 22.02.2021 issued by him. ' / lA NO: 1 OF 2021 I Petition under Section 151 CPC is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents 8 and 9 not to allow the respondent No. 7 to act as Bishop of respondent No. 10 Institution in the interests of Justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI JITENDRA KANYALUR Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1 & 2: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 4, 5 & 6: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES Counsel for the Respondent No,7: SRI V NITESH Counsel for the Respondent No.SriSRI A SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent No:lCf:^MT. G PADMAVATHI SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 11 & 12: M/S. KANUMURI KALYANI The Court made the following: ORDER APHC010507662021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA WRIT PETITION NO: 30409/2091 [3331] REDDY SATTI Between: Nemalladinne John Bhaskar Rao and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner(S): I.JITENDRA KANYALUR Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.ASRINIVAS 2.KANUMURI KALYANI 3.G PADMAVATHI SRINIVAS 4.GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE 5.VNITESH The Court made the following ORDER; Learned counsel for the petitioners present writ petition. Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ...RESPONDENT(S) seeks permission to withdraw the costs. as to Sd/- B CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// S N OFFICER To. I. 1. One CC to Sri Jitendra Kanyalur. Advocate [OPUC] SdCiaiWelfare, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ■-r' 3. Two CCs to GP for Civil Supplies, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] One CC to Sri A Srinivas, Advocate [OPUC] One CC to M/s. Kanumuri Kalyani, Advocate [OPUC] One CC to M/s. G Padmavathi Srinivas, Advocate [OPUC] One CC to Sri Vi Nitesh, Advocate [OPUC] Three CD Copies 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. TF \ ! HIGH COURT 1 DATED:06/05/2025 ORDER 5 3« jui m ™ ^ . Oamat Sectfon *^ WP.No.30409 of 2021 D^I^SSING THE W.P. AS WITHDRAWN, WITHOUT