THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.21532 of 2009 Dated: 08.10.2009 Between: Sri Dyda Narayana Reddy. .. Petitioner. And The Additional Agent to Government & Project Officer, I.T.D.A. Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, and others. .. Respondents. ORDER: Heard the learned counsel of the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for the respondents. The petitioner claims to have been in possession and enjoyment of the agricultural land admeasuring Ac.3.27 gts. in Sy.No.487/AA situated at Aswapuram village & Mandal of Khammam District, having purchased the same under sada sale deed dated 22.05.1967 from the Pattadar, viz., Chennam Satyanarayana & Chennam Prasad. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the 2nd respondent-Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, passed orders on 26.08.2008, ordering his ejectment from the said land, and aggrieved thereby, he preferred a statutory appeal before the 1st respondent-Additional Agent to Government & Project Officer, I.T.D.A., Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, on 24.09.2009, along with a stay petition, but, neither orders are passed on the stay petition till date nor the appeal is taken up for disposal, and, on the other hand, there is a threat of dispossession on the basis of the ejectment order. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the 1st respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal filed against the orders dated 24.08.2009 of the 2nd respondent, as expeditiously as possible. Till such time, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 08.10.2009 v v