A Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, comprising Justices A.V. Sesha Sai and R. Raghunandan Rao, on September 6 heard a PIL petition filed by Chinta Venkateswarlu, a retired railway employee from Vijayawada city, against the nomination of Samineni Udayabhanu (YSR Congress Party’s Jaggaiahpet MLA), P. Sarath Chandra Reddy and Kethan Desai as members of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board.
The court issued notices to the Endowments Commissioner and the TTD Executive Officer for counters by September 13, to which date the PIL was posted for further hearing.
The petitioner’s contention was that the nominees had a criminal record, and making them members of the TTD Trust Board was in contravention of Sections 18 and 19 of the A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions And Endowments Act, 1987, and No. 8 of the A.P. Charitable And Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Appointment Of Trustees Rules, 1987.
