THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.4297 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner claims to have purchased the land admeasuring Ac.5.00 cents in Sy.No.78/2B situated at Mangalam, Settypalli Panchayath, Tirupathi Urban Mandal, Chittoor District, under registered sale deed dated 06.05.1966, for valid sale consideration, from one Pitchi Reddy and his wife Muniratnamma, and since then he has been in possession and enjoyment of the said lands. The Settlement Officer granted patta on 03.11.1982 in favour of the petitioner. Aggrieved thereby, the Special Commissioner and Director of Settlements, A.P., Hyderabad, has taken up suo moto revisional enquiry under Section 5 (2) of the Estates Abolition Act, 1948, and, ultimately, passed orders on 30.11.1999 canceling the order dated 03.11.1982 passed in favour of the petitioner. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed Revision Petition before the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Hyderabad, who by his order dated 30.04.2003, remanded the matter to the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor, for fresh disposal with a direction to conduct denovo enquiry and to pass orders afresh, after giving reasonable opportunity to all the parties concerned, including the M.R.O., Tirupati (Urban). The grievance of the petitioner is that the said Revision Petition is still pending before the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor, and without awaiting for the orders to be passed by the Joint Collector, the respondents are trying to dispossess him from the subject land. Hence, this writ petition. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor, to dispose of the Revision Petition pending before him expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, status quo with regard to possession of the subject property shall be maintained by the parties. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,J 22.02.2011 v v