THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No.25144 of 2006 22.12.2006 Between: Muddasani Kamala. ..Petitioner And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Karimnagar. and others. ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No.25144 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner is allegedly the owner of land admeasuring Acs.10.31 guntas in survey Nos.30 and 38 situated at Rukmapur Village of Choppadandi Mandal in Karimnagar District. She statedly purchased the same from M/s.Y.Goura Raju and Y.Satyanand Gandhi under registered sale deeds in 1981. The second respondent herein initiated action under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (“the Act”, for brevity). Alleging that the vendors of the petitioner purchased the land in contravention to the provisions of the Act, an order was passed by the Mandal Revenue Officer on 31.03.1998 for resumption of the land in possession of the petitioner. The petitioner filed a writ petition unsuccessfully. In W.A.No.899 of 1999, dated 10.08.1999, this Court sent back the matter to the first respondent ordering Status quo. Pursuant to the said order, the first respondent heard the appeal and allowed on 31.03.2000. Again the second respondent initiated action and passed orders on 16.04.2005, ordering resumption. The petitioner again filed W.P.No.10697 of 2005. The same was disposed of by this Court on 29.04.2005 giving liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal under Section 4-A of the Act. He accordingly filed appeal before the first respondent in June, 2005. He also moved an application for stay, but no orders were passed. As the appeal is still pending, he filed the present Writ Petition seeking a direction to the appellate authority to dispose of the appeal. When the matter was initially listed before this Court on 04.12.2006, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) requested time for getting instructions. Again when the matter came on 18.12.2006, the learned Assistant Government Pleader brought to the notice of this Court that the matter was coming up for hearing before the Revenue Divisional Officer on that day, and therefore, it was adjourned. Today when the matter is called, the learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that the Revenue Divisional Officer was transferred on 16.12.2006 and that the new Revenue Divisional Officer has taken charge. He submits that there is likelihood of disposal of the appeal within a period of ten days. In view of the submissions made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader, while ordering Status quo as on today, the first respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the orders, dated 16.04.2005 of the Mandal Revenue Officer, Choppadandi, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition, with the above observation, is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 22.12.2006 Note:Furnish C.C. in one week. (B/o) GJ