IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17195 of 2009 Between: Yalamaddi Rama Rao ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Additional Agent to Government & Project Officer, I.T. D.A. Bhadrachalam Khammam District and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No.17195 of 2009 Order: The petitioner claims to be the absolute owner and possessor of land to an extent of Acs.5.00 situated in Survey No.69/1/A Gundepudi Village, Julurupadu Mandal, Khammam District, having succeeded to the same. It is the case of the petitioner that the second respondent, at the instance of the Special Deputy Tahsildar (TW), Palvancha, initiated proceedings under Section 3(1) of A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulations, 1959 and through his orders in L.T.R.Case No.1005/95,JLP, dated 15.05.1996, ordered eviction of the petitioner. The petitioner states that he came to know about passing of the order, dated 15.05.1996, on 11.12.2007 and thereafter, after obtaining a copy of the said order, he claims to have filed an appeal before the Additional Agent to Government & Project Officer, ITDA, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, the first respondent herein, on 24.05.2008, within the stipulated time, along with an application seeking stay. It is the grievance of the petitioner that his appeal has not been considered so far and no orders have been passed even on his application for stay. In the meanwhile, since there is threat of dispossession, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for the respondents Since the statutory appeal is pending before the first respondent, it would be appropriate to protect the possession of the petitioner till the appeal is disposed of in accordance with law. Accordingly, without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, at the admission stage, with a direction to the first respondent-Additional Agent to Government to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, expeditiously. Till the disposal of the appeal by the first respondent, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by both the parties. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:20.08.2009 VGB