THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 4990 OF 2011 Date: 07-03-2011 Between: K.S.Noorjahan .. Petitioner And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ananthapur and another .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 4990 OF 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the inaction of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ananthapur in passing orders upon her stay application in the appeal filed by her against the orders dated 01.02.2011 passed by the Tahsildar, Ananthapur. The matter arises under the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for brevity “the Act of 1977”). By the order dated 01.02.2011, the Tahsildar, Ananthapur, directed resumption of the land admeasuring Ac.3-60 cents in Sy.No.119-3 of Kandukur Village, Ananthapur Mandal, Ananthapur District under Section 3 of the Act of 1977. The petitioner’s complaint is that the appellate authority, having entertained her appeal against the said order dated 01.02.2011, is not passing any orders upon the stay application. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, upon instructions, submitted that notice had been issued upon the petitioner’s stay application in the pending appeal and the same would be taken up for hearing on 18.03.2011. She further stated that for a period of 90 days from the date of the order passed by the Tahsildar, Ananthapur, no action would be taken pursuant thereto. That being so, the apprehension of the petitioner that owing to absence of stay orders in her appeal, she would be dispossessed pursuant to the order dated 01.02.2011 passed by the Tahsildar, Anantapur, is proved baseless. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Anantapur, being the appellate authority under the statute, would necessarily have to pass appropriate orders upon the petitioner’s stay application expeditiously, or else the appeal would itself be rendered infructuous. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of recording the submission made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue and directing the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ananthapur, the 1st respondent, to pass appropriate orders expeditiously either in the stay application or in the main appeal filed by the petitioner against the order dated 01.02.2011 passed by the Tahsildar, Anantapur, as the situation warrants, in accordance with law after giving due opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned. No order as to costs. ________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J 07-03-2011 Note: Issue cc in three days B/o. MR/BSB THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 4990 OF 2011 Date: 07-03-2011 MR/BSB