THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 13160 of 2005 Dated:24.08.2005 Between: Puppala Kondala Rao, S/o Surya Rao, Aged 65 years, Occ: Agriculture, Bolleddupalem Village, Korukonda Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Additional Agent to Government, Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District, and others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner is allegedly in occupation of the land in Survey No.121 of Sarabhavaram Village, Devipatnam Mandal, East Godavari District, which is a notified scheduled area. The fifth respondent herein filed an application before the second respondent under Section 3(1) of the A.P.Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 (as amended by Regulation 1970) (for short ‘the Regulation’). The second respondent after giving notice to the petitioner dismissed the said case, being LTRP No.195 of 2004, by order dated 30.12.2004. Aggrieved by the same, the fifth respondent herein filed an appeal before the first respondent being C.M.A.No.1 of 2005, who by impugned order dated 02.05.2005 allowed the appeal and directed the Mandal Revenue Officer, Devipatnam, to put the fifth respondent in possession of the land i.e., land in Survey No.121 (admeasuring 6.26 hectares). This order is assailed in this writ petition. It is not denied by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Social Welfare and the learned counsel for the fifth respondent, that under Section 6 of the Regulation an effective remedy by way of a revision is available to any person who is aggrieved by the order of the Agent to the Government. Therefore, liberty is given to the petitioner to approach the Government and file an appeal within a period of two weeks from today. As and when such revision is filed, the Government of Andhra Pradesh shall dispose of the revision, after giving notice to the petitioner, within a period of four weeks thereafter. In the meanwhile, there shall be status quo as to the possession as on today. The writ petition, with the above observations, is disposed of. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 24.08.2005 Note: Issue C.C by 27.08.2005. B/o. vs