THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.14600 of 2007 Dated:10.07.2007 Between: V.Ravi Prakash, S/o.Ranga Rao. …Petitioner and The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam Division, Visakhapatnam, and another. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.14600 of 2007 ORDER: The second respondent passed orders on 23.04.2007 under Section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’) ordering resumption of the land admeasuring 2.72 cents in Survey No.40/3 situated at Pandalapaka Village of Anandapuram Mandal in Visakhapatnam District, after arriving at a conclusion that the land was purchased by the petitioner in contravention of Section 3(2) of the Act. Aggrieved by the order of the second respondent, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the first respondent under Section 4-A of the Act on 18.06.2007 along with an application for stay of the proceedings of the second respondent. No orders are passed so far. In this Writ Petition the petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the stay application expeditiously. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) does not oppose the Writ Petition seriously. Therefore, at the stage of admission itself, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the first respondent, namely, the Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam Division, Visakhapatnam, to pass appropriate orders on the application for stay filed by the petitioner along with the appeal filed against the orders of the second respondent dated 23.04.2007 forthwith. Liberty is given to the petitioner to approach the first respondent with a copy of this order. As and when the copy of the order is produced, the first respondent shall pass appropriate orders. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 10.07.2007 Note: Issue C.C today. B/o. vs