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2025 Supreme(Online)(AP) 9941

HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA, J
Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, NCO Colony, Kadapa – Appellant
Versus
The State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
WP NO: 8416 OF 2024 | IA No: 1 OF 2024



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri S.S. Bhatt
For the Respondents: GP for Endowments, Sri G Ramana Rao

The court underscores the significance of maintaining the status quo through interim orders to safeguard the rights of parties pending a final judgment.

Headnote:(A) CPC - Section 151 - Writ petition filed seeking an extension of interim order granted earlier - Interim order for staying the respondents' actions regarding the petitioner temple and its assets was sought to be continued. (Para 3)

(B) Interim relief - The necessity for interim relief arises from the need to preserve the status quo pending the final decision on the writ petition. (Para 5)

Facts of the case:
The petitioner, a temple trust, sought intervention to prevent the respondents from taking over the temple and its assets until the final hearing of the writ petition.

Findings of Court:
The court extends the interim order for an additional three-week period.

Issues: The main issue involved the validity and necessity of extending the interim order to protect the petitioner's interests.

Ratio Decidendi: The court held that continuity of the interim order was necessary to prevent any actions that would compromise the petitioner's rights pending the final disposition of the matter.

Result: The interim order is extended by three weeks.

Table of Content
1. extension of interim orders in civil matters to protect party interests. (Para 1 , 3)
2. necessity of maintaining status quo in ongoing legal proceedings. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDI]RA PRADESH AT AMAR/

WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA lANoI 2OF2025 lN WP NO: 8416 OF 2024 Between : /

Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, NCO Colony, Kadapa. Reptd by its Chairman Sri Nethi Bala Reddaiah, S/o Subbarayadu, Aged about 66 years, Flat no.301, Nethi Residency, D.No.42/247-3-6,NCO Colony , Kadapa Town, A.P.

(Cause Title is amended as per the Court's Order dt.09.05.2025 in I.A.No.01 of 2025)

.HPetitioner(s)

(Petitioner in WP 8416 OF 2024 on the file of High Court)

AND

1. The State of Andhra P-radesh, reptd by its Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, (endowments) Secretariat, Velagapudi village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District

2. The Commissioner Endowments Department of AP, Amaravathi at Gollapudi, Vijayawada

3. The Regional Joint Commisioner, Endowments Department MZ. II Tirupati

4. The Deputy Commissioner, Endowments department Kurnool

5. The District Endowments 'Officer, Endowments Deparatment kadapa District

6. Sri A.Sridhar Executive Officer Gr-Il, group temples-I Kadapa District ...Respondent(s)

(Respondents in-do-)

Petition under Section 151 of CPC is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to extend the interim order granted by this honourable court in WP No.8416/2024 dt. 3-4-2024 and being extended from time to time and the same got expired on ll-3-2025 seeking extension until further orders, Pending disposal of wp No. 8416 of 2024, on the fI-le Of the High Court.

IANO: 1 OF2024 Petition under section 151 CPC is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings of the respondent no.2 passed vide Proc ln Rc No.E2/15021/26/2024 dt.15-3-2024, including the taking over of the petitioner tempI6 and its movable and immovable assets by any respondents/authoritI-eS, Pending disposal Of W.P.No.8416 of 2024, on the file of the High Court.

The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and the earlier orders of the High Court dated 03.04.2024118.04.2024I 03.05.2024I 13.08.2024, 27.08.2024105.ll.20241

19.ll.2024, 03.12.2024, 24.12.2024, 21.01.2025,ll.02.2025 & 09.05.2025 made herein and upon hearing the arguments of sri s.s.Bhatt, Advocate for the Petitioner and of GP for Endowments for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5, Sri G Ramana Rao, Advocate for Respondent No.6, the Court made the following ORDER:

ff Post on O9107.2025.

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Interim order granted earlier is extended by three (3) weeks."

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