IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18820 of 2008 Between: 1 Marothu Ramanamma D/o.late Gurumurthy W/o.late Vugiri Lakshamana Rao R/o.Kotipalli Village, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 2 Vugiri Satyanarayana S/o.Late Appadu R/o.Kotipalli Village, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 3 Vugiri Venkata Swamy S/o.Late Appadu R/o.Kotipalli Village, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 4 Vugiri Appala Swamy S/o.Late Appadu R/o.Kotipalli Village, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagaram. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Parvathipuram Division, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Tahsildar, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram 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 Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the Respondent No.2 in exercising the jurisdiction vested in him U/Sec. 4-A of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) ACt, 1977 by staying the operation of the orders of the Respondent No.3 in Rc.No. 107/2007/A dt. 5.7.2008 in appeal proceedings in respect of the agricultural land of the petitioners admeasuring Ac. 11-00 cents situated in Sy.No. 151-P of Kotipalli Village, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram District, as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and not sustainable in law, and to grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.TADDI.NAGESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled by the petitioners aggrieved by the action of the 2nd respondent – Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Parvathipuram Division, Vizianagaram in not exercising the jurisdiction vested in him under Section 4-A of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (herein after called as “the Act”) and staying the operation of the orders of the 3rd respondent- Tahsildar, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram in Rc.No. 107/2007/A dated 5.7.2008 in respect of the agricultural lands admeasuring Ac. 11.00 cents situated in S.No. 151-P of Kotipalli Village, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram Distric, belonging to the petitioners. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for ﬁnal disposal at the admission stage itself. It is the case of the petitioners that aggrieved by the orders dated 5.7.2008 passed by the 3rd respondent – Tahsildar, Badangi resuming the subject matter of land to government for public purpose, as provided under Section 4 of the Act, they preferred an appeal before the 2nd respondent – Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer along with an application seeking stay of the orders passed by the Tahsildar. Their grievance is that though the appeal is being entertained, so far no orders are passed by the appellate authority either in appeal or on the stay application and taking advantage of the situation, the authorities are trying to evict them from the subject matter of lands. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer-the second respondent is directed to consider and pass appropriate orders either in the appeal or on the stay application ﬁled by the petitioners as expeditiously as possible and till such time, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. N.V.RAMANA,J DATE. 29.8.2008 ka ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagaram. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Parvathipuram Division, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Tahsildar, Badangi Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 4. 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 2CD copies