IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.14141 OF 2010 Between: Jadi Bala Reddy .....PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Tahsildhar, Karimnagar Mandal, Karimnagar District and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.14141 OF 2010 ORDER: This writ petition calls in question the order dated 27.03.2010 of the Revisional Authority, the Joint Collector, Karimnagar, dismissing the petitioner’s revision. Perusal of the order demonstrates that the revision was occasioned by the order of this Court dated 01.09.2008 in W.P.No.18867 of 2008 directing the petitioner herein to approach the Revisional Authority who was asked to consider and dispose of either the revision or the stay application filed by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law. Surprisingly the Revisional Authority, in his lengthy order dated Nil signed on 27.03.2010, merely chose to extract the grounds raised in the revision, the order passed in the appeal and the order passed by this Court and stated thereafter as follows: “ORDER: On perusal and verification of the Revenue Records and the proceeding issued by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Karimnagar and Revenue Divisional Officer, Karimnagar, it is found that there is no need to interfere with the orders of the Lower Courts and hence the orders issued by the Lower Court are confirmed and the Revision Petition is here by dismissed. Typed to my dictation and corrected by me and pronounced in the open Court of on this 27th day of March 2010.” On the face of it, the Revisional Authority appears to be of the opinion that his order is final and is not subject to judicial review. Non- disclosure of reasons by the Revisional Authority leaves his order bereft of any foundation. The mere voicing of an opinion by the Revisional Authority that there is “no need” to interfere with the orders of the lower authorities leaves no option for this Court but to remand the matter to the Revisional Authority for proper consideration and passing of reasoned orders. As pointed out by the Supreme Court, reason is the heart beat of every conclusion and without the same, it becomes lifeless (Raj Kishore Jha vs. State of Bihar and others[1]). It appears that there was an order of status quo pending the disposal of the revision and prior thereto, the appeal. In such circumstances, status quo obtaining as on 27.03.2010 shall continue pending disposal of the revision by the Joint Collector, Karimnagar. The said exercise shall be completed, after giving due opportunity of hearing to the parties, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly allowed at the stage of admission. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR June 22, 2010 Note: Issue C.C. in one week. B/O.MD [1] 2003 (11) SCC 519