COMMON ORDER:-

Heard Sri Venkateswara Rao Gudapati, learned counsel appearing for Sri G. Venkat Sailendra, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Nagaraju Naguru, learned Government Pleader for Endowments, appearing for respondent Nos.1 & 2; Sri V. Venugopal Rao, Senior Counsel appearing for respondent No.4.

2. The instant Writ Petition is filed challenging the proceedings of the 2^nd respondent in rejecting the petitioner's claim for grant of lease of the subject property.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the case are:

The subject temple owns an extent of 8.45 acres of land at Sy.No.271/C-1A and 271/A-1A, Mangalagiri Town. Out of which an extent of Ac-1.88 acres was acquired by the Railways for the railway track. The remaining extent of land was cultivated by the petitioner's father during his lifetime. He died in 1986. During his lifetime, the temple authorities initiated proceedings against the petitioner’s father for eviction and filed a case in A.T.C.No.171 of 1981 on the file of the Court of the Special Officer, Mangalagiri, under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Tenancy Act. The Court of Special Officer passed an order on 15-03-1993, dismissing the temple's ap