The Hon’ble Sri Justice R.Subhash Reddy Writ Petition No.1389 of 2008 Between: 1.Modepalli Katam Swamy and another. …Petitioner and 1.The Additional Agent to the Government, E.G.District, Rampachodavaram and 2 others. …Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.1389 of 2008 Order: Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned Government Pleader Social Welfare. In view of the pendency of the revision petition filed by petitioners under the provisions of A.P. Schedule Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959, as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970 (for short ‘the Regulations’), this writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. Petitioners herein claim ownership and possession over the land admeasuring Ac.6.45 cents covered by S.No.49/1 of Molleru village, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. The second respondent, Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, who is the primary authority under the Regulations, ordered eviction of petitioners from the subject land, by order dated 05-02-2002, passed in LTRP.No.275/97. Though petitioners herein are not made parties in the aforesaid proceedings, but, however, claiming themselves to be in possession of the subject land, by way of successory rights from their ancestors, they have challenged the order dated 05-02-2002 by filing an appeal before the Additional Agent to Government, Rampachodavaram, who by his order dated 29-10-2005, passed in C.M.A.No.59 of 2005, rejected the same. It is stated that the said order was questioned by way of further revision before the Government and revision petition was filed on 02-05-2007 and the same is pending consideration. The grievance of petitioners is that though the revision petition filed by them is pending consideration from May, 2007, on one hand no orders have been passed and on the other, respondents are taking steps to evict them from the land in question. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the land in question was devolved on the petitioners from their ancestors and there was no transfer at all, so as to initiate proceedings and pass an order of eviction, under the Regulations. In view of the pendency of the revision petition before the third respondent, Government, no definite finding can be recorded on merits at this stage. However, as much as it is the case of the petitioners that the land in question was devolved on them from their ancestors and there is no transfer at all, I dispose of the writ petition directing the third respondent, Government, to dispose of the revision petition filed by the petitioners, as expeditiously as possible and till then, no steps shall be taken to evict the petitioners from the land in question. No order as to costs. __________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. January 29, 2008 Lur/MRR