HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17705 OF 2010 ORDER: In view of the pendency of the appeal filed under Section 10 of the A.P. Land Encroachment Act 1905 (for short “the Act’), this Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. 2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and perused the material made available on record. 3. In this Writ Petition, petitioner seeks a direction by way of mandamus to direct the respondents not to dispossess him from the land admeasuring Ac.0-50 cents in Survey No.393/1, situated at Guduru Village in Krishna District. 4. It is the case of the petitioner that originally his grandfather purchased an extent of Acs.5-74 cents of land covered by Survey No.393/1 of Guduru Village and Mandal in Krishna District from its earlier owner one Kota Lakshminarasamma under a registered sale deed dated 12-06-1969. It is stated that in the family partition, the land in dispute has fallen to the share of the petitioner. Against the said piece of land, proceedings were initiated against the petitioner under the Act and a final notice was issued under Section 6 of the Act. It is stated by the petitioner that he preferred an appeal before the appellate authority i.e., the Revenue Divisional Officer, Machilipatnam, respondent No.2 herein, on 08-04-2010 and no orders are passed on it, but, on the other hand, steps are being taken to dispose of the petitioner from the land in dispute. 5. Under the scheme of the Act, an appeal is provided to the Revenue Divisional Officer. 6. As much as the petitioner is claiming ownership over the land in dispute by virtue of purchase by his grandfather as early as in 1969 under a registered sale deed and in view of the pendency of the appeal before respondent No.2, appellate authority, without going into the merits of the claim of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the appellate authority to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the respondents shall maintain status quo with regard to possession of the land in dispute, as on today. 7. Subject to the above directions and observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J July 26, 2010. PV