IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 3714 of 2008 Between: 1 Earada Ranga Rao S/o.Lingaiah Lambadi Donka Ongole,Prakasam Dist 2 Gaddam Sreenivasa Rao S/o.Veera Raghavaiah Plot No.203 GSR Aparments Ongole Prakasam Dist 3 Kota Raghavaiah S/o.Satyanarayana R/o.Bheemavaram(V) and Post Inkollu(M) Prakasam Dist 4 Gorantla Satyanarayana S/o.Janakiramaiah R/o.Brundavan Nagar,Onglole Prakasam Dist 5 Gaddam Sabitha W/o.Srinivas Rao G.S.R Appartments Flat No.203 Nirmala Nagar Ongole Town Prakasam Dist 6 Gaddam Sabitha W/o.Srinivasa Rao R/o.G.S.R Appartments Flat No.203 Nirmala Nagar Ongole Town Prakasam Dist 7 Mandava Venkata Rao S/o.Audinarayana R/o.Balaji Revenue Nagar,Ongole Town Prakasam Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Sub-Collector Gudur Gudur (M) Nellore Dist 2 The Tahsildar Manubolu Manubolu(M) Nellroe Dist .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other arppropriate writ, direction order orders declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in initiating action under Land Encroachment Act and the action of the respondent No.1 in not passing interim orders Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.M.P.CHANDRAMOULI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.3714 of 2008 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioners that against final notices issued under Section 6 of A.P.Land Encroachment Act, 1905, directing them to evict from the land encroached by them, the petitioners filed common appeal along with stay application before the 1st respondent on 15-02-2008. It is stated that so far neither stay application nor appeal has been disposed of. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to consider and dispose of the appeal filed against the final notices issued by the 2nd respondent, dated 02-02-2008, if any received and pending, in accordance with law. Pending disposal of the appeal, status-quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 22-02-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}