the report submitted by him, the temple has to either purchase the private land adjacent to the temple or to sell away the vacant land belonging to the temple, which is also adjacent to temple as the unused well situated in between is not as per Vaasthu. As the financial position of the temple is not permitting the temple to purchase the vacant land and as there is no compound wall to the vacant site taking advantage of which many persons are trying to encroach the said vacant site belonging to the temple, the Endowments Authorities decided to sell away the said land in public auction for the benefit of the temple. For this purpose, the Endowments Authorities issued notification dated 21-2-2002 which was published in Praja Shakthi News Paper on 31-3-2003 calling objections from the general public for the sale of land within 30 days from the date of notification. The said notification was also published in A.P. Gazette, dated 10-3-2003 and the same was displayed on 4-3-2003 in the Notice-board of the temple, Notice-boards of the Mandal Revenue Officer, Balanagar, Municipal Office, Kukatpally. The petitioner has not raised any objections in response to the above notice issued by the Endowments Authorities for sale of the said land. Since no objections or suggestions were received in response to the above notification within the stipulated time, the Endowments Authorities issued Tender-cum-Public Auction Notification, dated 13-5-2003 for the sale of the said land which is questioned in this writ petition. The land which is being sold through Tender-cum-Public Auction Notification is not useful to the temple. On the other hand, if the money derived from the sale of land is deposited by way of fixed deposit in any Nationalised Bank, the temple will get income by way of interest. If the land is kept vacant, there is always a threat of encroachment. Hence, the respondents have decided to sell away the land which is not useful to the temple.
