IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 7977 of 2008 Between: 1 Pigileti Krishnaiah, S/o. Subbaiah, R/o. H.No. 503, Reddy & Reddy Colony, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 2 Chembeti Venkaachalam, s/o. Late Chembeti Venkata Krishnaiah, Employee in TTD, R/o. at 409, D-Type, Vinayaka Nagar Quarters, K.T. Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by the District Collector, Chittoor. 2The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 3Innam Deputy Tahsildar, Chittoor. 4P. Ramakrishnaiah, S/o. P. Narasimhulu, R/o. D.No. 325, Reservoir Road, Tirupathi Town, Chittoor District. 5B. Chanakya Pratap, s/o. B. Krishnaiah, R/o. D.No. 69, L.S. Nagar, Tirupathi Town, Chittoor District. 6V. Rajrajasekhar, S/o. V. Sundar Raju, R/o. D.No. 75J, S.D. Layout, Tirupathi Town, Chittoor District. 7V. Prema Kumar, S/o. V. Sundar Raju, R/o. D.No. 75J, S.D. Layout, Tirupathi Town, Chittoor District. 8Venkatesh, S/o. not known to these petitioners, Girija Apartments, K.R. Nagar, Padmavathipuram, Tirupathi Road, Chittoor District. 9Kalahasti Munikrishnaiah, S/o. not known to these petitioners, R/o. D.No. 1-20-1-442/A, Mosque Street, Maruthi Nagar, Korlagunta, Tirupathi Road, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the 2nd respondent in not numbering and not disposing of the appeals filed by us on 22-7-2007 against the orders of the 3rd respondent in S.R.No. 41 of 1996 in IDT No. 100/90, as being illegal, violative of the principles of natural justice and violative of constitutional mandate as enshrined under articles 14 and 300-A, and consequently direct the 2nd respondent herein to number the said appeal and dispose of the same expeditiously and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.HEMACHANDRA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD} THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 7977 of 2008 Oral order: As against the orders dated 30.01.1996 passed by the 3rd respondent, namely the Inam Deputy Tahsildar, Chittoor, in S.R. No. 41 of 1996 in I.D.T. No. 100 of 1990, the petitioners state that they preferred appeal before the 2nd respondent, namely the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupati, Chittoor District, in the month of 2007, and it is their grievance that the appeal filed by them has not been numbered and disposed of till date, and hence they seek appropriate directions. Today, when the writ petition is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners has himself produced a copy of the grounds of appeal on which the 2nd respondent has made an endorsement dated 28.04.2007, rejecting the appeal on the ground it has been filed after lapse of 11 years. In view of the above, nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition, and the same has become infructuous. However, the petitioner is at liberty to challenge the order of rejection of appeal passed by the 2nd respondent. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous with the observation as above. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 19th June, 2008 KSR