THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.21817 of 2009 DATED: 13.10.2009 Between: Kantheti Venkata Narasamma and another .. Petitioners And The Addl. Agent to the Government, E.G. District at Rampachodavaram and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Petitioners claim to be the owners and possessors of the land in an extent of Ac.5.97 cents in Sy.No.14/1 and Ac.7.06 cents in Sy.No.15/1 situated at Rajavaram Village, Addateegala Mandal of East Godavari District. It is their case that the said lands were purchased by their ancestors under registered sale deed dated 25.04.1956, much prior to the commencement of the A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1959 as amended by 1/70. While so, the 4th respondent filed a petition, under the provisions of the said Regulation, before the 2nd respondent- Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), East Godavari District, Rampachodavaram, seeking restoration of the land to him by ejecting the petitioners therefrom, and the same was closed by the 2nd respondent, by order dated 23.03.2007, holding that the matter was decided earlier and the 4th respondent has to prefer an appeal, if he so chooses. Aggrieved thereby, the 4th respondent preferred an appeal in C.M.A.No.5 of 2007 before the 1st respondent- Additional Agent to Government, East Godavari District at Rampachodavaram, and the 1st respondent allowed the same on 03.07.2009, setting aside the order of the 2nd respondent and ordering eviction of the petitioners from the subject lands and restoration of the same to the Government for onward assignment to the eligible tribal. Challenging the same, the petitioners preferred a revision before the Government, the 5th respondent herein, on 03.10.2009, along with an application seeking stay of the order of the 1st respondent. Now, it is their grievance that, pending disposal of the said revision, the 3rd respondent- Tahsildar, Addateegala, is taking steps to evict them from the subject lands on the basis of the order of the 1st respondent. Since the revision said to have been filed by the petitioners is pending before the 5th respondent, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare agreed to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “The 5th respondent- Government is hereby directed to consider and dispose of the revision petition said to have been filed by the petitioners, against the order dated 03.07.2009 passed by the 1st respondent, in accordance with law. Till such disposal, both the parties shall maintain status quo obtaining as on today.” The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 13th October, 2009 IBL