JUDGMENT

K. Ramaswamy, J.-The petitioners seek to question the vires of Sections 2 (22), 2 (27) and Sections 47 to 55 in Chapter V of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable & Hindu Religious Institutions & Endowments Act, 1987 (30 of 1987) (for short,"the Act"). But at the time of hearing Shri K. Parasaran, their learned senior counsel, restricted his arguments to the validity of Sections 50 to 55. The petitioner in the first writ petition is Peetadhipati of the institution known as "Mumukshu Jana Maha Peetham" [for short, Peetham ] in Peda Muktevi village of Movva Mandal in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. It was averred therein that the Peetham was founded by one Seetharama Yetendrulu an advocate in the year 1938 and he became a sanyasi. His main philosophy was equality and universality of all religions faiths, good character, gratuitous conduct and devotion to God, far more important than mere rituals. He formed Mumukshu Jana Samajam in 1950. He published several books under that banner. He was running a Telugu magazine by name Mumukshuvu. He started school for the children. He was managing a temple of Lakshmipati Swamy. The devotees collected funds for all those projects by voluntar