ORDER:

This writ petition is filed to direct the respondents to issue pattadar passbook and title deed to the petitioner pertaining to Sy.No.527 of Srinivasapuram Village, Kodad Division, Huzurnagar Mandal, Suryapet District, and consequently to mutate his name in the revenue records.

2. Heard Sri G. Subash, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, learned Government Pleader for Endowments and Sri Ch.Satish Kumar, learned Standing counsel for respondent No.4/temple.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that an extent of Ac.46-00 gts forming part of Srinivasapuram Village, Huzurnagar Mandal was assigned to petitioner along with 22 dalits in the local area and they are cultivating the same since 1989; that initially, the land was not suitable for cultivation, since the same was covered with hilly terrains, woods and undulations and that they made the said land cultivable by spending amount from their pockets; that since then, petitioner and others have been cultivating the said lands and eking out their livelihood, however, respondent No.4-temple started collecting lease amount from the petitioner and others without having any legal right.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that petitioner and 22 other dalit members are in possession and enjoyment of above land and are protected by the orders vide Rc.No.J2/35 988/2001, dated 12.10.2001 of Commissioner of Endowments Department, as per which, the land less and poor tenants of temple lands, should not be evicted and no steps should be taken for eviction of temple lands, until appropriate rules are made by the Government; that respondent No.3 addressed a letter No.E/2944/04, dated 03.12.2005, to the District Collector, Nalgonda, to enquire into lease hold rights of petitioner as well as other landless poor persons conferred on the basis of the eligibility criteria certificates, issued by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Huzurnagar, under Section 82 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act, 1987”); that respondent No.4 temple conducted auction for lease for the year 2006-07, though respondent No.4 temple has no legal right to do so and further showed that a sum of Rs.18,000/- is due from the petitioner and other dalits.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that petitioner submitted an application to the Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Caste and the commissioner vide letter dated 01.11.2011, fixed hearing on 08.11.2011, and during the hearing respondent No.3 and 4 denied possession of petitioner; that the Government of India addressed a letter dated 01.12.2011 to the Principal Secretary, Revenue (Endowment) Department, to identify alternate lands in the Srinivasapuram village, for allotment of land to 22 families including the petitioner herein, in view of completion of auction process of the lands and the poor families be given another opportunity to appear for auction after two years; that public auction notice was issued on 09.06.2015 proposing to conduct auction on 19.06.2015; that challenging the auction dated 19.06.2015, petitioner filed a writ petition vide W.P.No.17904 of 2015 and vide order dated 26.06.2015, this Court directed the respondents therein to conduct auction of 24 acres without disturbing the possession of the petitioner; that petitioner and others are being harassed by respondents to pay highest bid amount to continue to be in the possession of the land.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that petitioner submitted a representation dated 15.07.2019 to District Collector, Suryapet stating that the land in Sy.No.527, does not belong to respondent No.4 temple and he further requested to allot the same to the landless poor persons; that the District collector, Nalgonda vide letter dated 19.07.2019, directed the Revenue Divisional Offic