IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 19013 of 2008 Between: 1 Guri Bandayya, S/o. Appanna, R/o. Mogalipuram(V), Kothavalasa(M), Vizianagaram District. 2 Kola Demudu, S/o. Late Demudu, R/o. Mogalipuram(V), Kothavalasa(M), Vizianagaram District. 3 Singampalli Demudamma, W/o. Satyam, R/o. Mogalipuram(V), Kothavalasa(M), Vizianagaram District. 4 Lalam Demudu, S/o. Appanna, R/o. Santhapalem(V) Kothavalasa(M), Vizianagaram District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector, Collectorate Office, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagara, 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Tahsildar/Mandal Revenue Officer, Kothavalasa Mandal, Vizianagaram 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 a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st Respondent keep it pending the Appeal No.2393/2008 ﬁled by the Petitioners, aggrieved by the Orders, Dt. 08-07-2008 on Rc.No.2329/2008 of the 2nd Respondent, without passing any orders, which is illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and against the principles of natural justice, where the 3rd Respondent is threatening to dispossess the Petitioners from their respective suit schedule lands and consequently direct the Respondents not to dispossess the Petitioners suit schedule lands in sy.No.25/3 and 26/3 situated in Santhapalem Village, Kothavalasa Mandal, Vizianagaram District. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.KARRI SURYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court the made following ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the petitioners stating that they ﬁled an appeal before the 1st respondent – Joint Collector, Vizianagaram against the orders passed by the 2 nd respondent - Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Vizianagaram vide order dated 8.7.2008 in Rc.No.2329 of 2007 refusing to interfere with the orders passed by the Tahsildar, Kothavalasa in his proceedings Rc.No.492/2006 dated 30.7.2007 and directing the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer to revert back the land to the original assignee/legal heir. It is stated that along with the appeal, they have also filed an application seeking stay of the orders of the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer. The grievance of the petitioners is that though the appeal ﬁled by them on 8.8.2008 is entertained by the 1st respondent, so far no orders have been passed either on the stay application or in the appeal and taking advantage of the situation, the authorities are trying to evict them from the subject matter of lands. 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. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents submits that the assertion of the petitioners that they ﬁled an appeal before the 1st respondent against the orders of the 2nd respondent is not correct and, in fact, it is a revision petition. But, however, as the same is still pending, the authorities may be directed to dispose of the revision itself, for which the learned counsel for the petitioners also agreed. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the writ petition, the 1st respondent – Joint Collector, Vizianagaram is directed to dispose of either the stay application or the appeal/revision petition said to have been ﬁled by the petitioners on 8.8.2008 expeditiously. Till such time, status quo obtaining as on date shall be maintained. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.2.9.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Joint Collector, Collectorate Office, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagara, 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Tahsildar/Mandal Revenue Officer, Kothavalasa Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 4 Two CCs to Govt.Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. 5 2 CD copies.