THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.19132 OF 2011 DATED 15TH JULY, 2011 BETWEEN Nalla Shamger and others. …Petitioners And The Principal Secretary to the Govt. of A.P., Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.19132 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioners are aggrieved by the inaction of the Government of Andhra Pradesh in disposing of the appeal filed by them against the orders dated 08.02.2011 passed by the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Warangal, Warangal, to the effect that the land claimed by them in Survey No.55 (Old), corresponding to Survey No.292 (New), of Waddepally Village, Warangal District, was shown as a vacant site in the layout sanctioned in favour of the Central Excise Officers Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Warangal, the fourth respondent. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Municipal Administration stated that upon the filing of the subject appeal, the Government of Andhra Pradesh addressed Memo dated 06.05.2011 to the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, Hyderabad, calling for a detailed report in the matter and that a response is still awaited. Pertinent to note, the petitioners’ appeal was instituted in February, 2011. Though named as an appeal perhaps the petitioners invoked the revisionary power of the Government under Section 679 of the Greater Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Act, 1955, which is applicable to the Warangal Municipal Corporation also. This statutory remedy availed by the petitioners would require the Government, in discharge of its quasi judicial functions, to pass orders expeditiously. Delay on the part of statutory quasi judicial authorities would render the very remedy a spectre and an exercise in futility. The Government of Andhra Pradesh must therefore pass necessary orders in the petitioners’ case without further delay. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of directing the Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Hyderabad, to dispose of the petitioners’ appeal/revision filed in February, 2011 expeditiously and in any event not later than two (2) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Miscellaneous petitions filed in the writ petition shall stand dismissed in the light of this final order. No order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 15TH JULY, 2011. VGSR/PGS