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Nakaraboina Appa Rao, vs. the Deputy Commissioner,

Decided on 29 October 2024• Citation: WP/32990/2011• High Court of Andhra Pradesh
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                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH::AMARAVATI                 
                               (Special Original Jurisdiction)                    
                      TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER                   
                           TWO  THOUSAND AND TWENTY  FOUR                         
                                      PRESENT                                     
                     THE HONOURABLE  DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA  RAO                   
                            WRIT PETITION NO: 32990 OF 2011                       
           Between:                                                               
           Nakaraboina Appa Rao, S/o Late Paydayya, Daily Wage                    
                                                      Earner, R/o D.No.23-116     
           Simhagiri Colony, Pedhagadili, Visakhapatnam                           
                                                                ...Petitioner     
                                        AND                                       
              1. The Deputy Commissioner, Endowment Department at                 
                                                         Visakhapatnam            
             2. The Assistant Commissioner, Endowment Department                  
                                                        Visakhapatnam             
             3. Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, rep. by its                  
                                                            Executive Officer,    
                Simhachalam, Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam.                          
                                                             ...Respondents       
                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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly          
                                                          one in the nature of    
           writ of Certiorari, call for the records pertaining                    
                                                 to the Judgment (Award) dated    
           12-05-2010 in OA.No.92 of 2009 on the file of the respondent           
                                                           No.1 and set aside     
           same by holding that the Judgment is illegal, arbitrary,               
                                                     pervasive and in violation   
           of Article 14, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India                   
           I.A. NO: 1 OF 2011fWPMP. NO: 41003 OF 2011)                            
                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    
           suspend the operation of judgment (Award) dated 12-05-2010             
                                                             in O.A.No.92 of      
           2009 on the file of the Respondent No.1, pending disposal              
                                                           of the above Writ      
           Petition                                                               
           Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI T D PANI KUMAR                         

          Counsel for the Respondent No.3: E SAMBASIVA PRATAP                     
          Counsel for the Respondents No.1, 2: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS                  
          The Court made the following: Order                                     

            APHC010473282011                                                      
                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA  PRADESH                    
                                      AT AMARAVATI                                
                                                                   [3310]         
              wm                                                                  
                                (Special Original Jurisdiction)                   
                   TUESDAY  ,THE TWENTY  NINETH  DAY OF OCTOBER                   
                         TWO  THOUSAND   AND TWENTY  FOUR                         
                                      PRESENT                                     
                   THE HONOURABLE   DR JUSTICE  K MANMADHA   RAO                  
                            WRIT PETITION NO: 32990/2011                          
           Between:                                                               
           Nakaraboina Appa Rao,                                                  
                                                             ...PETITIONER        
                                        AND                                       
           The Deputy Commissioner and Others                                     
                                                        ...RESPONDENT{S)          
           Counsel for the Petitioner:                                            
             1.T D PANI KUMAR                                                     
          Counsel for the Respondent(S):                                          
             1.GP FOR ENDOWMENTS                                                  
             2,E SAMBASIVA PRATAP                                                 
          The Court made the following:                                           
          ORDER:                                                                  
               The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the                
                                                        Constitution of India     
          seeking the following relief:                                           
                     .. to issue a writ order or direction more particularly      
                                                             one In the           
                nature of writ of Certiorari call for the records pertaining      
                                                               to the             
                Judgment Award dated 12.05.2010 in OA No.92 of 2009               
                                                           on the file of         
                the respondent No. 1 and set aside same by holding                
                                                       that the Judgment          
                is illegal, arbitrary pervasive and In violation of               
                                                   Article 14 21 and 300A         
                of Constitution of India ”                                        

                    Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant
               2.                                                                 
          Government Pleader for Endowments appearing for the respondents.        
                     On hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
                3.                                                                
                                                            by this Court in      
           matter is squarely covered by the common order passed                  
                                                         hence, requests this     
           W.P.No.3807 of 2010 and batch, dated 01.10.2024, and                   
                                                  The operative portion of the    
           Court to pass similar order in this petition also.                     
           said order is as follows;-                                             
                     7. Under the aforementioned circumstances, this Court is     
                                                                 nd               
                     inclined to set aside the Impugned orders passed by the 2    
                     respondent, while directing the Deputy Commissioner,         
                     Endowments, VIsakhapatnam to refer the matters to the        
                     Endowment Tribunal for fresh consideration, within four (04) 
                     weeks months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
                     On  such submission, learned Endowment Tribunal is           
                     directed to dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible,
                     preferably within three (03) months thereafter in accordance 
                     with law, after affording ample opportunity of hearing to the
                     petitioners..                                                
                      Learned Assistant Government Pleader for  Endowments        
                4.                                                                
                                                         any relief in the writ   
            appearing for the respondents opposed for grant of                    
            petition and prayed to dismiss the same.                              
                 5. In view of the submission made by both the learned counsels and
                                                        this Court deems fit to   
            upon perusing the entire material available on record,                
            dispose of the present Writ Petition in terms of the said order.      

       3                                                                          
                    Accordingly, this Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the common
               6.                                                                 
          order passed in W.P.No.3807 of 2010 and batch, dated 01.10.2024. There  
          shall be no order as to costs.                                          
                                                            order passed in       
               7.  The Registry is directed to attach a copy of the               
          W.P.No.3807 of 2010 and batch, dated 01.10.2024 to this order.          
                                                           any, shall stand       
               As  a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if               
           closed.                                                                
                                                   Sd/- M PRABHAKAR  RAO          
                                                    ASSISTANT ^GISTRAR            
                                    //TRUE COPY//                                 
                                                          SECTION OFFICER         
           To,                                                                    
                                     Endowment Department at Visakhapatnam        
              1. The Deputy Commissioner                                          
              2. The Assistant Commissioner, Endowment Department Visakhapatnam   
                                                        Temple, Simhachalam,      
              3 The Executive Officer, Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha               
                Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam.                                       
              4. One CC to SRI T D PANl KUMAR Advocate [OPUC]                     
                         SRI E SAMBASIVA PRATAP Advocate [OPUC]                   
              5.« One CC to                                                       
                         .GP FOR ENDOWMENTS, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT]   
              6. Two CCsto.C                                                      
              7. Three CD Copies                                                  
                                                               of 2010 and        
            (Along with Copy of Order dated 01.10.2024 in WP. No.3807             
            batch)                                                                

           HIGH  COURT                                                            
          DATED:    29/10/2024                                                    
          ORDER                                                                   
          WP.No.32990     of 2011                                                 
                                                      £    1S APR 20?5            
                                                          Curreot Sefition ^      
          DISPOSING     THE   WP                                                  
         WITHOUT      COSTS                                                       

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           APHC010438372010                                                       
                         IN THE HIGH COURT  OF ANDHRA  PRADESH                    
                                      AT AMARAVATI                 [3310]         
                                (Special Original Jurisdiction)                   
                        TUESDAY  ,THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER                        
                         TWO  THOUSAND  AND  TWENTY  FOUR                         
                                     PRESENT                                      
                   THE HONOURABLE   DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA   RAO                   
                       WRIT PETITION NO: 1293/2010 & 3807/2010                    
          WP  No.1293/2010:                                                       
          Between:                                                                
          Sri Gorle Narendra Kumar, and Others            ...PETITIONER(S)        
                                        AND                                       
          Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devesthanam ...RESPONDENT(S)         
          and Others                                                              
          Counsel for the Petitioner(S):                                          
             1.AS C BOSE                                                          
          Counsel for the Respondent(S):                                          
             1.PSRINIVASULU                                                       
             2.GPFOR  ENDOWMENTS                                                  
             3.E SAMBASIVA PRATAP                                                 
             4.JAGADISH KUAMAR  BATCHU                                            
          The Court made the following:                                           
           COMMON  ORDER:-                                                        
                Heard Mr. A.S.C. Bose, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners;
           Ms. Sudeepti Potiuri, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments;

                                          2                                       
           Mr. P.Srinivasulu, Mr. Jagadi Kumar Batchu and Mr.                     
                                                        E.Sambasiva Pratap        
           learned Counsels appearing for the respondents.                        
                2. As the issue involved in these writ petitions are              
                                                         one and same they        
           are being taken up for hearing as well as disposed                     
                                                   of by a common order.          
                3. It is the case of the petitioners is that the 2'’'^            
                                                          respondent passed       
           orders in O.As for encroachment of land belonging to                   
                                                       the 1®* respondent, but    
           communicated to the petitioner after long time. Pursuant               
                                                         to the same, the 1®‘     
           respondent has evicted the petitioner, which is highly                 
                                                      illegal and arbitrary. It is
           submitted that Act No.33 of 2007 was brought into existence            
                                                                   by duly        
           amending some provisions in Charitable and Hindu Religious             
                                                             Institutions and     
          Endowments Act, 30 of 1987 (in short “the Endowments                    
                                                        Act’) where under the     
          power of removing encroachment was vested with Endowments               
                                                                  Tribunal        
          constituted under Section 162(1) of the Act. Further                    
                                                      the Government issued       
          orders for constitution of A.P. Endowments Tribunal                     
                                                         at Hyderabad vide        
          G.O.Ms.No.837, dated 13.08.2009. Therefore, requested                   
                                                           to set aside the       
          impugned  orders issued by the Deputy Commissioner,                     
                                                              Endowments          
          Department.                                                             
               4. Per contra, the respondents filed counter-affidavit             
                                                         denying all material     
          averments made in the writ petitions and mainly contended               
                                                          that the Assistant      
          Commissioner, Endowments Department has filed the O.As                  
                                                               against the        
          encroachers and they were  allowed by the  Deputy Commissioner,         
          Endowments Department declaring the petitioners and                     
                                                      others as encroachers.      

                                         3                                        
       S                                                                          
           Pursuant to the said order, the Assistant Commissioner, Endowments     
           Department has evicted the encroachers under Section 84 of the Endowments
          Act and later the petitioners have filed these writ petitions after delay of
           several years without explaining the delay and latches on their part. Even
           otherwise assuming that the order is not valid, the petitioners would have
           challenged the same before the order is executed by the Assistant      
           Commissioner, Endowments under Section 84 of the Endowments Act.       
           Hence, the writ petitions are liable to be dismissed.                  
                5. Perused the record.                                            
                6. Upon perusal of entire material on record and considering the  
                                                    that after establishment of   
           submissions of both the counsel, this Court opined                     
                                                     to pass any order without    
           Tribunal, the Deputy Commissioner has no authority                     
           having jurisdiction.                                                   
                7. Under the aforementioned circumstances, this Court is inclined to set
           aside the impugned orders passed by the 2"'^ respondent, while directing the
           Deputy Commissioner, Endowments, Visakhapatnam to refer the matters to 
                                                            four (04) weeks       
           the Endowment Tribunal for fresh consideration, within                 
                                                         On such submission,      
           months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.               
           learned Endowment  Tribunal is directed to dispose of the same as      
                                                     (03) months thereafter in    
           expeditiously as possible, preferably within three                     
                                                           of hearing to the      
           accordance with law, after affording ample opportunity                 
           petitioners.                                                           

                                          4                                       
                8. With the above direction, both the writ petitions              
                                                         are disposed of, with    
           the consent of both the counsel. There shall be no                     
                                                    order as to costs.            
                9.  As a sequel, all the pending miscellaneous applications       
                                                                 shall stand      
           closed.                                                                
                                                 DR. K. MANMADHA   RAO, J.        
           Date :01.10.2024                                                       
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