THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4644 of 2009 ORDER: The husband of the petitioner was assigned an extent of Acs.5.44 cents of land in Survey No.815/5A of Kotakonda Village, Devanakonda Mandal, Kurnool District in the year 1970. It is stated that the petitioner gave the said land on lease to one Boya Malik Kowlutlamma and when the latter refused to handover the same, the petitioner filed O.S.No.55 of 2006 in the Court of the Junior Civil Judge, Pattikonda and it is stated that the suit was decreed. The petitioner states that when she was taking steps to recover possession on the basis of the decree, her lessee approached the Tahsildar, Devanakonda, Kurnool District, the second respondent herein, and the latter, in turn, assigned the land in favour of the lessee, through orders, dated 08.05.2007. The petitioner preferred an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Adoni, Kurnool District, the first respondent herein, against the order of assignment, dated 08.05.2007. Her grievance is that no action has been taken thereon. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioner is a widow and she preferred an appeal to the first respondent, assailing the order granting patta over the land in Survey No.815/5A of Kotakonda Village, Devanakonda Mandal, Kurnool District. The appeals of this nature cannot be kept pending for a long time, having regard to the fact that the petitioner is a widow and also an aged person and that she was denied the fruits of decree on the basis of the order challenged in the appeal. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the first respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, duly issuing notice to the affected parties. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:06.03.2009 kdl