IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA WRIT PETITION NO : 3425 of 2005 Between: N.V.Premaleela, W/o.A.Ramesh, Palaparru Village, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Revenue Divisional officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 The Mandal Revenue officer, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing nay orders in stay petition as illegal, arbitrary and consequently set aside the orders of cancellation proceedings of 2nd respondent in D.Dis.No.5507/2004-G, dt.17-02- 2005 pending appeal before the 1st respondent suspend the operation of the orders in D.Dis No.5507/2004-G, dt.17-02-2005 of the 2nd respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. K.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORDER: Heard both sides and at their request the main Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. 2. This Writ Petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing any orders in stay petition, as illegal, arbitrary and consequently to set aside the order of cancellation proceedings of 2nd respondent in D.Dis.No.5507/2004-G, dated 17-02-2005, pending appeal before the 1st respondent and to suspend the operation of the orders in D.Dis No.5507/2004-G, dated 17-02-2005 of the 2nd respondent. 3. The only grievance of the petitioner is that the appeal pending before the 1st respondent-Joint Collector is not being disposed of. Hence, in view of the matter, it would suffice to close the Writ Petition with a direction to the 1st respondent-Joint Collector to dispose of the appeal on merits and in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. ________________ (D.S.R.VARMA,J) 7th March, 2005. tsy To 1 The Joint Collector, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Revenue Divisional officer, Guntur, Guntur District. 3 The Mandal Revenue officer, Pedanandipadu Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Two CCs to the GP for Civil Supplies, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (O.U.T.) 5 Two CD copies 6 One CC to MR.SRINIVAS