THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8647 OF 2006 DATED:26-04-2006 Between: Thirumuri Venugopal Reddy ..Petitioner And The Joint Collector, Nellore District, Nellore. And others. ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8647 OF 2006 ORDER: The petitioner is in occupation of land admeasuring Acs.1.52 cents in survey No.211/3 situated at Amancherla Village of Nellore Rural Mandal in Nellore District. He allegedly purchased the property under a registered sale, dated 24.12.1998, from one Smt. Shaberunnisa Begum, who appears to have purchased from one Biradavolu Nancharamma. The Mandal Revenue Officer initiated action under the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (‘the Act’, for brevity), and the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 1977, on the ground that the land purchased by the petitioner is an assigned land in favour of Biradavolu Nancharamma. The petitioner was asked to vacate the land and orders of resumption were passed. He, therefore, filed an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer, which was also rejected on 31.10.2005, aggrieved by which, he approached the first respondent by filing a revision petition under Section 4-B of the Act, which is still pending. The petitioner filed the present Writ Petition alleging that the revenue officials are regularly visiting his land and threatening to dispossess him on the ground that the land has been resumed to the Government. Therefore, he seeks appropriate orders. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (General). After getting instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that the revision petition is still pending. He, however, stoutly denies the allegation that there is a threat of dispossession. He submits that the Mandal Revenue Officer never visited the land and there is no threat of dispossession. The same is recorded and the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to dispose of the revision petition within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 26.04.2006 GJ