P. SATYANARAYANA RAJU, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Art. of the Constitution for the the issue of a Writ of Prohibition on other appropriate Writ prohibiting respondent 2 (The State of Andhra, represented by the Collector, Guntur District) from acquiring and taking possession of the lands belonging to the petitioner or in the alternative for the issue of a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to the acquisition of the said lands by respondent 2 and quashing the proceedings therein.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is the hereditary trusted of Sri Bhavanarayana Swami temple, Ponnur village in the Guntur District. Respondent I is one Kota Jagannadham. Respondent 2 is the State represented by the Collector of the Guntur District.

( 3 ) THE facts which give rise to this Writ petition may be stated ; Sri Bhavanarayanaswamy temple, of which the petitioner is the trustee, owns various lands in and around Ponnur. About 10 years ago, respondent 1 started building a temple in the same village by the name of Sri Sahasralingeswaraswami temple. He raised money mostly by donations and subscriptions for the construction of the temple. In or about the year 1947, he (respondent 1) whished t

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