HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25581 of 2009 ORDER: The Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, the second respondent herein, initiated proceedings against the petitioner and three others under the A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulations, 1959, in respect of Ac.7.00 cents of land in Sy.No.123/2 of Regalla Village, Kothagudem Mandal, Khammam District. Through his order, dated 17.08.2007, he directed resumption of the land. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal before the first respondent together with an application for grant of stay. The grievance of the petitioner is that the first respondent has not passed any orders on the application for stay and the respondents are trying to dispossess him. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare. While ordering notice before admission on 25.11.2009, this Court directed that status-quo obtaining as on that date shall be maintained as regards the possession of the land which is the subject matter of the appeal, for a period of six weeks from that date. So far, there is no response from the respondents. If the petitioner is dispossessed from the land even while the appeal is pending, the very purpose of availing the remedy would be defeated. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that in case, the appeal preferred by the petitioner before the first respondent against the order, dated 17.08.2007, passed by the second respondent is still pending, there shall be stay of dispossession of the petitioner from the land, till the disposal of the appeal. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY 22nd April 2010 dr