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11. It is further stated that in the year 2003 the second respondent constituted a Board of Trustees to one of the group temples, namely, Sangameshwara Swami Devasthanam, Sangam jagarlamudi village of Tenali Mandal, Guntur District, for a period of two years with the fifth respondent as the chairman of the Trust Board and ever since, the said temple was being managed by the said Trust committee. Soon after the expiry of the said period, the second respondent herein by proceedings No. B2/4189/05 dated 02.02.2006 constituted a Board of Trustees to the said temple for a further period of two years and the Inspector, Endowments, Tenali, was authorized to administer the oath of office and secrecy to the persons appointed as Trustees on 18.02.2006 at 11.00 A.M.

Explanation III:- Those persons who founded temples by collecting donations partly or fully from the public as well as those who founded them on public lands shall not be recognized as founder trustees by any means.
(2) Every trustee appointed under Section 15 shall hold office for a term of two years from the date of taking oath of office and secrecy.

Provided that every trustee who completed a term of office of one year at the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2000, shall cease to hold office forthwith and every Trustee whose term of office exists after such commencement shall continue to hold office for a period of two years from the date of taking oath of office and secrecy.