( 1 ) THE petitioner herein and certain other persons were appointed as members of the Andhra Pradesh State Wake Board (for short "the Wakf Board") by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in G. O. Ms. 74 Minorities Welfare (Wakf-I) Department, dated 26-8-1994 read with the errata issued on 30-8-1994 in G. O. Ms. No. 75. The members of the Wake-Board elected the petitioner herein as the Chairman under sub-section (2) of Section 10 of the Wake Act. They assumed charge with effect from 31-8-1994. While so, two writ petitions - W. P. Nos. 16111 and 16122 of 1994 - were filed in this Court challenging their appointments on several grounds. As no interim stay was granted in the writ petitions, they functioned as such till 10-4-1995 when a learned single Judge of this Court allowed the writ petitioner, in consequence of which, a Special Officer - respondent No. 1 herein - was appointed. who assumed charge, it appears, on that very day itself. Writ Appeal Nos. 401 and 1087 of 1995 were filed by the petitioner herein and the other affected members of the Wake Board, which were allowed by a common judgment after an elaborate hearing by a Division Bench of this Court, of which, one