IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.32912 of 2010 Between: K. Srinivas and others ..... PETITIONER(S) AND Indian Bank and others .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.32912 of 2010 ORDER: (per HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED) This writ petition is filed seeking to set aside the order dated 23.12.2010 passed in I.A.No.819 of 2010 in S.A.No.197 of 2010 by the 4th respondent- Debts Recovery Tribunal and to direct the 1st respondent-Bank not to dispossess the petitioner or their tenants from the property bearing No.3-5-1015 admeasuring 228 sq. yards and 3-5-1016 admeasuring 160 sq. yards situated at Street No.5, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent-Bank at length. Perused the material available on record. 3. Without going into the merits of the matter, since the petitioner has a remedy of appeal before the Appellate Tribunal against the orders passed by the Debts Recovery Tribunal and since as per Section 18 of the Act any person aggrieved by an order made by the Debts Recovery Tribunal under Section 17 of the Act may prefer an appeal to an Appellate Tribunal within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of the Debts Recovery Tribunal and since any action taken by the 1st respondent-Bank in due course will become redundant, we deem it appropriate to direct status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by both parties till the expiry of appeal time so that in the meantime the petitioners can prefer an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal. 4. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ___________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J. _______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J. 28th December 2010 CVRK