THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5790 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner was granted house site patta over an extent of Ac.0.03 cents of land in S.C.Colony, Seethampet Village, Seethamkota Mandal, Vizianagaram District in the year 1975. On a complaint made by one Smt. Moyyi Sanyasamma alleging that the petitioner is trying to dispossess her from her site in the S.C.Colony, the Tahsildar, S.Kota, 2nd respondent herein issued a notice to him and passed an order dated 20.11.2008 holding that he was employed in Railways and he got the assignment, suppressing the facts and that he alienated the site to the third parties. The petitioner preferred an appeal under Section 4-A of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act (for short ‘the act’) before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizianagaram, 1st respondent herein. He also filed an application for stay. His grievance is that the 1st respondent has not passed any orders on the stay application and the 2nd respondent is trying to dispossess him in the meanwhile. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner had availed the statutory remedy of appeal. This is not a case where the assignment was cancelled just on noticing that the assigned land was transferred in violation of the provisions of the Act. While the petitioner asserts that he is in possession of the land, the findings recorded by the 2nd respondent are a bit otherwise. Be that as it may, unless the position obtaining as on the date of order passed by the 2nd respondent is maintained, the very purpose of filing of the appeal would be defeated. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing that the 1st respondent shall dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and status quo obtaining as on 20.11.2008 shall be maintained till then. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 20.03.2009 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5790 of 2009 Date: 20.03.2009 JSU