Challa Kondaiah (

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: చల్లా కొండయ్య) (1918–2001) was Chief Justice of

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. He was born on 4 July 1918 at Challavaripalle in

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to Challa Venkata Kondaiah and Laxmamma. He graduated from Government Arts College in Anantapur and received his Bachelor of Law from

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. He did Civil, Criminal and Taxation work in

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, High Court of Andhra at

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and High Court of Andhra Pradesh,

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. He was appointed Standing Counsel for Income-Tax Department in 1958. He was appointed permanent Judge on 21 August 1967. He was transferred to

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on 24 June 1976. He was Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court again from 27 October 1977. He was Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh from 16 March 1979 till 3 July 1980.

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appointed Justice Challa Kondaiah Commission in 1987. Based on its recommendations, the government has made an Endowment Act to end the Hereditary rights of Archakas in the Temples of Andhra Pradesh. He was chairman of

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and initiated the ''Nitya Annadana Scheme'', a food service to the devotees. A spacious auditorium for Anantapur Bar Association for their cultural, social and recreational activities with a seating capacity of 1,000 was constructed in 2005. It was named as ''Justice Challa Kondaiah Auditorium''. A statue of Challa Kondaiah was also installed in the premises.New auditorium for Anantapur bar association in the Hindu.
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* Luminaries of 20th Century, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005. 20th-century Indian judges Telugu people 1918 births 2001 deaths Chief justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court People from Rayalaseema People from Anantapur district Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court {{India-law-bio-stub