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B. VIJAYSEN REDDY
Shivaii Biradar, S/o. Rama Rao – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Endowment – Respondent
ORDER :
W.P. No.25351 of 2021 is filed to declare action of respondent Nos.1 to 3 in granting permission for reconstruction of Sree Mahalakshmi Temple, Feelkhana, Hyderabad, to respondent No.6 - Srimali Brahman Nyati Sangh, Sree Mahalakshmi Temple, Feelkhana, Goshamahal, Hyderabad, vide proceedings Rc.No.H2.5395/2018 dated 04.09.2018.
2. W.P. No.7296 of 2022 is filed to declare action of respondent Nos.1 to 3 in granting permission for demolition and reconstruction of Sree Mahalskhmi Temple, Feelkhana, Hyderabad, vide proceedings Rc.No.H7/5395/2018 dated 19.01.2022.
3. The petitioners in W.P. No.25351 of 2021 claim to be tenants of Sree Mahalakshmi Temple, Feelkhana, Goshamahal, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as “Temple”). The petitioners also claim to be devotees and inmates of the Temple. The petitioners in W.P. No.7296 of 2022 claim to be devotees of the Temple.
4. It is not in dispute that the Temple is endowed property as per File No.15/2-31 I Awkaf of 1358 Fasli (dated 17.02.1959) recorded in Muntakhab Kitabul Awkaf of the office of the Superintendent, Awkaf - Government Religious Affairs Department.
5. The case of the petitioners is that respondent No.2 - the Commissioner, En
The necessity to establish the existence of a legal right and its infringement for the grant of a writ of mandamus.
The court ruled that a petitioner lacks standing to contest administrative exemptions under the Endowments Act if they have no defined legal rights over the subject property.
A deity cannot be represented in a lawsuit by worshipers without proper legal standing; only identified office bearers of a society can act on its behalf. The temple in question is a private temple b....
The determination of a temple's status as public or private hinges on the right of public access and the evidence of dedication to public worship, not merely on the presence of public worship.
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