IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 19238 of 2004 Between: K. Venkata Ramana S/o Rangaiah T. Kothapalli Village, Gooty Mandal, Anantapur District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Anantapur. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Anantapur Division, Anantapur District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Gooty Mandal, Anantapur District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly a writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in not passing orders on the appeal and stay petition dt 6-10-2004 filed against the order of 2nd respondent in RC. No. D1/CS/1374/2004, dated 28-9-2004, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent to pass order on the petitioner's appeal. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.ROY REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the 1st respondent-Joint Collector, Ananthapur, in considering the appeal filed by the petitioner against the order of the 2nd respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Ananthapur, dated 28-09-2004, under which the authorization of the petitioner was suspended pending enquiry. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the order of the 2nd respondent, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Needless to mention that the 1st respondent shall afford due opportunity to all the parties concerned before passing the orders in the appeal. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________ 14-10-2004 Note: Issue C.C in two days. B/o. vs To 1 The Joint Collector, Anantapur 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Anantapur Division, Anantapur District 3 The Madnal Revenue Officer, Gooty Mandal, Anantapur District 4 2CCs to the G.P for Civil Supplies, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 5 2CD copies