IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22042 of 2008 Between: Tummala Bhaskar Rao S/o. Subbaiah R/o. Asannagudem Village, Dammapeta Mandal, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Additional Agent to Government & Project Officer, I.T.D.A., Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 2 The Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, Bhadrachalam. 3 The Tahsildar, Dammapeta Mandal, Khammam District. 4 Potta Yariyappa S/o. Venkappa, R/o. Thottipampu Village, Dammapeta Mandal, Khammam District. 5 Bandaru Laxmaiah S/o. Pentappa R/o. Chalamappa Gudem Village, Dammapeta Mandal, Khammam District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the order passed by 1st respondent in C.M.A.No.66/2007 dated 28.06.2008 as illegal, arbitrary and that the said order not binding on the petitioner and cannot be executed since he is not a party to it, and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioner, Tummala Bhaskar Rao, with a prayer to issue a writ, order or direction declaring the order passed by the Additional Agent to Government and Project Oﬃcer, I.T.D.A,-ﬁrst respondent in C.M.A.No.66 of 2007 dated 28.06.2008, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner claims to be in possession of land to an extent of Ac:9.11 kts in Sy.No. 1294 situated at Nagupalli village, Dammapeta Mandal. Proceedings have been initiated against the father of the petitioner, alleging that his possession of land was in contravention of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 and amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. The primary authority dropped the proceedings. Subsequently, the fourth respondent ﬁled an appeal being C.M.A.No.66 of 2007. The said appeal came to be allowed ordering ejectment of the petitioner herein. Hence, this writ petition. When the writ petition came for admission, the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare received notice on behalf of respondents 1 to 3. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Social welfare. Indisputably, a revision lies against the order passed in C.M.A.No.66 of 2007 to the Government under Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of, reserving the liberty to the petitioner to ﬁle a revision as provided under Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. There shall be status quo existing as on this day with regard to the possession of the land for a period of three weeks so as to enable the petitioner to ﬁle revision and obtain necessary orders. No order as to costs. ________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J Date:30.09.2008 sj