IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 1430 of 2005 Between: 1. L. Kothandaraman 2. L. Varadarajan 3. L. Srinivasan 4. L. Gopalan (Petitioners No.2 to 4 are rep. by 1st Petitioner who is the General Power of Attorney Holder executed by Petitioners 2 to 4) rep. by GPA Holder L. Kothandaraman S/o Late Lakshminarasimha, aged 64 yrs, Occupation Land Holder/ Agriculture R/o Yagapuam (V),Manapparai (T) Tirchy District, Tamilnadu. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Settlement Officer cum Joint Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 2. The District Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Satyavedu Mandal, Chittoor 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 may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent No.2 and 3 not to dispossess the petitioners and also directing the respondent No.2 and 3 not to assign the petitioners' lands in Sy. No. 1 to 14 to an extent of Ac. 940 in No. 258 of Shotiam Mandanapalyam village in Satyavedu Mandal of Chittoor District pending decision of Joint Collector Cum Settlement Officer who is the 1st respondent herein. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.MEHAR SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORDER: The petitioners claim that they are the land holders of the land in S.Nos.1 to 14 of Shotiam Mandanapalyam village in Satyavedu Taluq, which was notified as an Inam Estate under Section 2 (7) of the Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, (for short the Act). It is also claimed that they are entitled to ryotwari patta under Section 13(2) of the Act and accordingly made an application in the year 2002 claiming grant of ryotwari patta. In pursuance thereof, the first respondent Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor has taken up the enquiry which is pending vide Roc.No.F6/SR No.1/15(1)/2002. The only grievance of the petitioners is that the said proceedings are merely kept pending and no orders have been passed yet. The petitioner has placed before this Court a notice dated 07.01.2005 issued by the first respondent, which shows that the case was posted for hearing on 29.01.2005. The petitioner states that even on that date the proceedings were not concluded. Hence, this writ petition. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to complete the enquiry in file No.F6/SR.No.1/15(1)/2002, dated 07.01.2005 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ____________ (G. ROHINI,J) Date: 02.02.2005 Ksn ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Settlement Officer cum Joint Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 2. The District Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Satyavedu Mandal, Chittoor District. 4. Two C. Cs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two C.D. copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{AVLR}