WP/9712/2016 of Akula Venkaiah S/o. Late. Chinnaiah, Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh,

1 APHC010784402016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3310] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 9712/2016 Between: Akula Venkaiah S/o. Late. Chinnaiah, and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. V ESWARAIAH CHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR ENDOWMENTS (AP) 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 in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of 2nd respondent Commissioner in appointing the committee for conducting Jatara of Sri Muthyalamma Ammavari Temple, East Kanupur by Proceeding No.L.D.No.D3/6818/2016, dated 17.3.2016 as wholly arbitrary, illegal, without jurisdiction and void and consequently direct the respondents to permit the performance of Gollavedukalu by the Petitioners Families during the Jathara of Muthyalamma Ammavari Jathara, East Kanupur Village, Chillakur Mandal to be held from 29.3.2016 to 1.4.20