IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18392 of 2008 Between: 1 Vadde Jammakka, W/o. Vaddee Sunkanna, R/o. Ramalakota (V), Veldurthy (M), Kurnool District. 2 Vadde Naganna, S/o. Late Vadde Sunkanna, R/o. Ramalakota (V), Veldurthy (M), Kurnool District. 3 Bogula Sanjamma, W/o. Pedda Gorantla, R/o. Ramalakota (V), Veldurthy (M), Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Tahsildar, Veldurthy (M), Kurnool District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool District. 3 The District Collector, Kurnool. 4 T. Satynarayana, S/o. Narayana Chetty, Veldurthy (V) & (M), Kurnool District. 5 Smt. Padmavathamma, W/o. T. Satyanarayana, Veldurthy (V) & (M), Kurnool 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 will be pleased to issue appropriate Writ or order or direction mostly one which is the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 3rd respondent in passing appropriate orders on the stay application and the revision ﬁled by the petitioners against the order in Rc F/974/2007 dated 29-6-2008 of the 2nd respondent with regard to the cancellation of pattadar passbook and title deed of the Petitioners with respective the land admeasuring acres 18.32 cents in Survey No.36 and 47/A of Saparajapuram Village Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, unjustiﬁed and unsustainable holding that the order of the 2nd respondent is unsustainable. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the petitioners stating that they are the absolute owners of Ac.18.32 cents of land in Sy.No.36 of Sarparajapuram Village and they were also issued with the pattadar pass book and title deeds in respect of the said land after following the prescribed procedure. While the matters stood thus, without their knowledge and without obtaining ‘no objection’ from them as required under Rule 22 of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation Act), respondents 4 and 5 herein obtained mining lease in the said land claiming title over it. It is also stated that respondents 4 and 5 have not entered the land till today but claimed before the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Kurnool and Tahsidlar, Veldurthy that they were issued with title deeds and pattadar pass book with Katha No.438 for the said survey number and without canceling their pattadar pass book, the petitioners were issued with the pattadar pass books. Subsequently, basing on the report submitted by the Tahsildar, the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer cancelled their passbook and title deeds by orders dated 29.6.2008. Questioning the same, it is stated that the petitioners preferred a revision before the 3rd respondent on 5.7.2008 along with an application seeking stay. The grievance of the petitioners is that so far the 3rd respondent has not passed any orders either on the stay application or in the main revision and on the other hand the authorities are trying to implement the orders of the 2nd respondent – Revenue Divisional Officer. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for ﬁnal disposal at the admission stage itself. Since the petitioners have already preferred a revision petition before the 3rd respondent – District Collector, Kurnool questioning the orders of the 2nd respondent and the same is still pending adjudication, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the revisional authority – the 3rd respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on the revision petition ﬁled by the petitioners on 5.7.2008 expeditiously and till such time status quo obtaining as on date shall be maintained. No costs. N.V.RAMANA, DT.25.8.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Tahsildar, Veldurthy (M), Kurnool District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool District. 3 The District Collector, Kurnool. 4 2CCs to Govt.Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad 5 2CD copies