1 The petitioner is interested in the eight temples which from the subject matter of O.A. Nos. 126 to 128, 157 to 160 and 168 of 1950 filed by respondents 1 to 3 before respondent No. 4, the Deputy Commissioner for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Administration Department, Kozhikode. The applications prayed for action under S.57 of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act , 1951.

2 The petitioner filed Miscellaneous Application No. 2 of 1959 before the 4th respondent, invoked the decision of the Supreme Court in AIR 1959 S. C. 308 and prayed that all further proceedings be dropped. By Ext. A dated 16-2-1959 the Deputy Commissioner dismissed the said application, and the prayer in the petition is that this Court should call for the records in O. A. 126/53 to 128/53, 157/53 to 160/53 & 168/53. pending before the 4th respondent and revise the order passed in Miscellaneous Application No. 2 of 1959.

3 There were certain earlier proceedings under S.54 (1) of the Madras Hindu Religions Endowments Act, 1926, which were pending when the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act , 1951, came into force. Those proceedings were closed with the direction