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2026 DAILYLAW 18330 (AP)

BOPPANA VEERARAJU, E.G.DIST v. PRL SECY, REV ENDOWMENTS DEPT., HYD & 3 OTHERS

WP/3623/2013 · 2026-02-08

Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda

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APHC010110582013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] MONDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 3623/2013 Between: 1. BOPPANA VEERARAJU, E.G.DIST, S/O.LATE VEERA VENKATA RAO, KANDULAPALEM VILLAGE, RAMACHANDARAPURAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. PRL SECY REV ENDOWMENTS DEPT HYD 3 OTHERS, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE ENDOWMENTS, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, SAIFABAD, HYDERABAD. 2. THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF A.P. 'FLAK ROAD, HYDERABAD. 3. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, KAKINADA EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 4. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, RAJAHMUNDRY, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the 3rd Respondent in issuing the notification calling for applications for trusteeship through notice in R.C.No.A2/ /2013, dt.16-01-2013 of Sri.Venkateswara Swami Temple, Kandulapalem Village, Ramachandrapurain Mandal. East Godavari District, is 2 illegal, ariiiirary and in violation of section 17 & 18 of Andhra Pradesh Charitable & Hindu Religious Institutions & Endowments Act, 1987 and Article 14, 25 and 26 of Constitution of India and consequently setaside tne same IA NO: 1 OF 2013(WPMP 4503 OF 2013 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in persuance of the 3rd Respondent notice in R.C.NO.A2/ /2013, dt.16.01.2013 calling for applications for trusteeship for Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple Kandulapalem Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, East Godavari District, pendign disposal of main writ petition IA NO: 1 OF 2015(WPMP 32226 OF 2015 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to implead the petitioner herein as respondent No. 5 in the above WP No. 3623/2013 as well as in the WP MP No. 4503/2013 and to pass. IA NO: 2 OF 2015(WVMP 137461 OF 2015 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased IA NO: 1 OF 2022 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to vacate the interim orders passed in WP.MP.No.4503/2013 in WP.No.3623/2013 dated 07-02-2013 and dismiss the Writ Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. TATA SINGAIAH GOUD Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. K V SESHAGIRI RAO 2. GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following: 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 3623/2013 ORDER: There was no representation on behalf of the petitioner on 17.03.2025 and the matter is posted under the caption ‘for dismissal’. Even today, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. 2. Learned Government Pleader for the respondents submits that the petitioner filed the present writ petition challenging the notification calling for applications for trusteeship in respect of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Kandulapalem Village. He further submits that any trusteeship is only for a period of two years. Therefore, if any appointment might have been happened pursuant to the notification, the period of trusteeship might have already been completed by the year 2015 itself. As such no cause survives for further adjudication and the matter becomes infructuous. 3. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. __________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 09.02.2026 TPS 4 52 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 3623/2013 09.02.2026 TPS