THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA Writ Petition No.23141 OF 2009 Dated: 28.10.2009 Between: R.Rajagopal Petitioner And The Joint Collector, Ananthapur, Ananthapur District And others. Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA Writ Petition No.23141 OF 2009 ORDER: 1 The petitioner’s mother was originally assigned an extent of Ac.2.78 cts and accordingly a D form patta was issued in her favour. When proposals were sent for cancellation of assignment made in favour of the mother of the petitioner and assigning the said land in favour of one Damodarnaidu, the petitioner’s mother approached the Revenue Divisional Officer and filed an application stating that the said proposals for cancellation are illegal. The Revenue Divisional Officer, after hearing the petitioner’s mother as well as the said Damodarnaidu in whose favour the proposals for assignment were made, passed an order on 06.07.2009 accepting with the proposals made by the Mandal Revenue Officer. However, as the mother of the petitioner died during the pendency of the said proceedings, the petitioner approached the appellate authority i.e. Joint Collector and filed an appeal against the order passed by the Revenue Divisional Officer, and also an application seeking suspension of the said order passed by the Revenue Divisional Officer. However, as no orders have yet been passed, the petitioner approached this court and filed the present Writ Petition. 2 Having regard to the fact that the petitioner had already approached the appellate authority and filed an appeal, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the appellate authority to dispose of the said appeal at the earliest, preferably, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by both parties. No order as to costs. _________ 28.10.2009 C.C. in three days. B/o Kvsn