( 1 ) THE petitioner, a Junior Assistant, working as Manager of Kothapatnam Group Temples, prakasam District, (prior to his suspension), seeks issuance of a Writ of Quo Warranto that the 2nd respondent is not competent to hold office of "commissioner of Endowments" in view of the proviso to Section 4 (1) of the andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). A declaration is also sought that the commissioner of Endowments, 1st respondent, does not have the power to suspend the petitioner or to frame charges against him. Consequential directions are sought to set aside the order dated 20-7-2005 whereby the 1 st respondent, while framing seven charges and directing that he be placed under suspension, called upon the petitioner to submit his explanation to the charges framed against him.

( 2 ) FACTS, to the extent necessary for this writ petition, are that the petitioner, a temple employee, originally appointed as Junior assistant in Inkollu Group of Temples of prakasam District on 11-2-1985, was transferred to Chadalawada Group Temples of Prakasam district in the year 1998. While the petitioner was working a

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