( 1 ) THE petitioner claims to be a society registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is as under :the petitioner society consists of 250 members; in the year 1973, they encroached 10 (Ten) acres of land comprised in Sy. No. 275, situated in Adavivaram Panchayat, Visakhapatnam District, owned by the 3rd respondent-Temple and since then it has been in actual possession of the land; in the year 1991, when there was a threat from the Management of the 3rd respondent temple to demolish the structures erected by the petitioner society, the petitioner society and two of its members filed WP No. 17397 of 1991 and that writ petition was disposed of by this Court on 2-7-1992 directing the temple Management to consider the application of the petitioner for purchase of the subject land if such written application /representation was made within two weeks from the date of the Order; as per the direction, written application was made to the 3rd respondent on 14-7-1992 and till date no action is taken by the 3rd respondent. So averring and alleging, the instant writ petition is filed praying for a writ in the nature of