IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 14981 of 2008 Between: 1 Devarapalli Babu Rao S/o Late Bujangarao(ST) Peddamallapuram(V) Sankaravaram(M) E.G District 2 Devarapalli Krishna S/o.Late Bujangarao(ST) Doramamidi(V) Buttaigudem(M) W.G District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer Janagareddygudem W.G District 2 The Tahasildar/Mandal Revenue Officer Buttagigudem(M) W.G District 3 Devarapalli Jagannadha Rao(S.T) S/o Late Venkata Rao Alias Venkataramaiah, Janagareddygudem W.G 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 or order direction in nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing orders either in stay of the 1st respondent in not passing orders either in stay petition or in main appeal S.R.A against the order dt.16-6-2008 of 2nd respondent in R.O.C No.142/2008/A with regards to an extent of ac 18-22 cents in R.S No.866,867 and 870 situated at Seetappagudem(V) of Buttaigudem is illegal arbitrary and violation of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents not to evict the petitioners from their lands and to pass Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.K.VENKATESH Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the writ petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself. The case of the petitioners is that they are the owners of the lands in an extent of Ac.18.22 cents situate in R.S.No.866,867, 870 of Sitappagudem, H/o Buttaigudem. Their grievance is that they have filed a statutory appeal along with a stay petition before the 1st respondent on 30.6.2008 aggrieved by the orders passed by the 2nd respondent dated 16.6.2008 but so far no orders have been passed either in the appeal or on the stay application. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the 1st respondent is directed to pass appropriate orders on the stay application filed by the petitioners along with the appeal as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and till then, status quo obtaining as on date shall be maintained. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.14.7.2008 msv ... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer Janagareddygudem W.G District 2 The Tahasildar/Mandal Revenue Officer Buttagigudem(M) W.G District 3 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 2CD copies