HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.3710 of 2011 Date: February 25, 2011 Between: Nadendla Rama Lakshmi … Petitioner And 1. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajahmundry, E.G. District & 2 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.3710 of 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that the Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, the Appellate Authority under the provisions of the A.P. Assigned Lands (prevention of transfer) Act, 1977 is not passing orders upon stay application filed by him along with his appeal. The said appeal was preferred by the petitioner against the order dated 20.8.2009 passed by the Tahsildar, Rayavaram, East Godavari District directing presumption of the assigned land on the ground that the same was alienated in violation of the Act. 2. Upon instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue stated that the stay application was still pending before the Appellate Authority. Pertinent to note, the appeal was presented by the petitioner in December 2010 along with the stay application. Needless to state, qu​asi-judicial authorities under the statute are required to discharge their functions without being prompted to do so by this Court at every stage. The reality, however, is otherwise. This Court as a matter of course has to deal with cases relating to the inaction on the part of the statutory quasi-judicial authorities in discharging their functions, at the interlocutory or at the final stage. Unless the statutory authority passes orders on interlocutory application expeditiously, the main proceeding pending before such authority runs the risk of being rendered infructuous. 3. There shall accordingly be a direction to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District to consider the stay application filed by the petitioner along with his appeal after giving due opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and dispose of the same in accordance with law within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. No order as to costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: February 25, 2011. Note: Issue C.C. in three days. //B.O.// BSB