JUDGMENT :

M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. One Jagarlamudi Venkata Subbarao, resident of H. No. 3-9, Pamidipadu Post, Pamidi Padu, Prakasam District, filed this pro bono publico/Public Interest Litigation under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos. 1 and 2 in granting Very Important Person Break Darshanam to a specific category of devotees as illegal, unconstitutional, arbitrary and ultra vires to Articles 14, 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India, alleging that the Lord Venkateshwara Temple in Tirumala is administered by an institution constituted under Section 96 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (for short "the Act") known as Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (for short "TTD"). Under the garb of sanction gathered under resolutions passed by the TTD or under any other provisions of law purportedly to prove better management and to ensure security requirements for a specific section of devotees, the State Government of Andhra Pradesh in concert with the TTD has virtually usurped the fundamental religious rights of devotees.

2. It is further alleged that the acti