JUDGMENT

K.RAMASWAMY, J.

(1) VALIDITY of Ch. IV of the A. P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (for short "the Act") was assailed on the anvil of the constitutional rights enshrined under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution. This court in A.S. Narayana Deekshitulu v. State of A.P. has upheld the constitutionality thereof. However, along with other matters, direction was given to constitute a committee with the named officers to determine the payment of salary to the holders of the office on hereditary basis prior to the abolition thereof. Consequently, the Committee came to be constituted to go into the questions and it submitted its report to the government, as per the direction of this court, and the government was required to consider the recommendations and in turn submit its report to this court for further approval. Thus, the recommendations along with governments comments/modalities suggested thereto, have been placed before us. We now proceed to dispose of the applications/petitions.

(2) THE Committee has recommended the rationalisation of the pay scales and payment of honorarium to the Archakas, Potu workers