JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J

1. Aggrieved by the order, dated 30-10-2019, passed in W.P.No.9144 of 2019, wherein the request of the writ petitioner/appellant herein, to declare the order passed by the Exep cutive Officer of the 1st respondent -Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Vari Devastanam in Rc.No.C2/7082/2016, dated 06.07.2019, as illegal and incorrect, was rejected, the present Writ Appeal is filed.

2. The petitioner/appellant stood as a highest bidder in a public auction held on 23.11.2017, for collecting the alankara vastrams (clothes) of the deities, namely, Mallikarjunaswamy and Bhramaramba, offered by the devotees and sell them at a stipulated place in the mada street. The lease was for a period of two years commencing from 01.12.2017. While the licence fee for the first year was fixed at Rs.81,00,000/-, the fee for the second year was at Rs.89,10,000/-. It is the case of the petitioner that the said amount has to be paid in installments. The petitioner claims to have invested huge amount and started selling the clothes offered by the devotees to the deities, using his mobile van and by parking the same near the exit point of the temple (place identified by the Departmen