( 1 ) THE petitioner is son of one Jagannath Goud. The respondents 3, 4 and 5 are his brothers. All of them are grandsons of one Jangaiah. He was a great devotee of Lord Venkateswara. He constructed a temple sometime before 1960 for Lord Venkateswara, which is known as Chikkadapalli Venkateswara Swamy Temple. The temple became very famous since 1960 onwards. It is indeed one of the few temples visited by tens of thousands of people of Hyderabad. No wonder the income of the temple statedly rose to more than Rs. 1. 00 crore per annum. The temple was registered under A. P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1966 (hereafter called, 1966 Act) and Government appointed an Executive Officer. Jangaiah alone was acting as hereditary trustee and managing the affairs of temple. Even during his time and after his death, his son Jagannath Goud (the father of the petitioner and respondents 3 to 5) took control of the temple. After demise of the father, it appears, the internecine tussle commenced for the control of the temple. When 1966 Act was still in force and was about to be repealed by new legislation, the petitioner herein moved an application before Deputy Comm

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