HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15366 of 2010 Date 04.10.2010 Between: Kampasati Annapoorna and others. ..... PETITIONER AND The Tahsildar, Chintalpudi Mandal, E.G. District and others. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner :Sri A.Ramalingeswara Rao Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 4 : Assistant Government Pleader for Forest Counsel for the Respondent Nos.5 to 9 : Sri K. Ranga Rao HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15366 of 2010 ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and being disposed of with the consent of all the parties. This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to direct respondent No.1 to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate orders in pursuance of the notice dated 03.05.2010 in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.50.00 in Sy.No.26 of Namavaram Village, Chintalapudi Mandal, West Godavari District, as directed by order dated 08.11.2006 in W.A.No.1175 of 2006. There is a triangular dispute relating to the above-mentioned land between the petitioners, impleaded respondents and the forest department. When the pattadar pass books and title deeds were cancelled by respondent No.1, the petitioners have filed W.P.No.20844 of 2006, which was dismissed by the learned Single Judge, by order dated 27.10.2006, on the ground that they had a remedy of appeal under Section 5(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’) and on filing W.A.No.1175 of 2006, a Division Bench, of which I am a party, interfered and disposed of the said Writ Appeal by order dated 08.11.2006. It is apt to reproduce the relevant portion of the order hereunder: “In view of the statement made by the learned Government Pleader, we deem it proper to allow the appeal and set aside the order under challenge with a direction to the competent authority to pass appropriate order in furtherance of the directions given by this Court on 19.07.2005 in W.P.No.15571 of 2005. Ordered accordingly. It is expected that a competent authority will pass appropriate order within a maximum period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The authority concerned shall given opportunity to the appellants and the private respondents apart from the officers of the concerned department and then pass a reasoned order.” The petitioners pleaded that respondent No.1 failed to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate orders despite the above-mentioned directions of the Division Bench and that a notice although belatedly was issued on 03.05.2010 by respondent No.1, he has not completed the enquiry and passed an order. Learned Counsel for the impleaded respondents submitted that the land is in possession of his clients and that the petitioners have no right, whatsoever, over the said land. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Forest also submitted that the land is included within the reserve forest and, therefore, the pattadar pass books and title deeds issued in favour of the private persons, including the petitioners, were cancelled. In my opinion, it is the failure of respondent No.1 to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate orders as directed by the Division Bench in the Writ Appeal referred to above, that has given rise to a further round of litigation. No counter affidavit is filed by respondent No.1 to justify his inaction. As no final order has been passed as yet, it is not appropriate for this Court to adjudicate on the respective claims of the parties on merits. The Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to complete the enquiry and pass appropriate orders, as directed by this Court in W.A.No.1175 of 2006, after putting all the parties on notice, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the main petition, WPMP.No.19349 of 2010 and WVMP.No.3058 of 2010 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:04.10.2010 usd