IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 20449 of 2008 Between: Pappu Satyam, S/o. Buchaiah, R/o. Nagendra Colony, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. byits Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Miryalaguda Mandal, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District. 3 The Tahsildar, Miryalaguda Mandal, Nalgonda 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for Re-assignment of the land to an extent of Ac. 1.32 1/2 guntas of Sy.No. 621 situated at Miryalaguda Village, Nalgonda District under the amended Section 4(1) (b) (i) of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act 1977 by declaring the action of the respondents in taking steps to allot the said land in favour of third parties without considering the claim of the petitioner as arbitrary, illegal, violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.L.PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the petitioner questioning the action of the respondents in not considering his claim for reassignment of the agricultural land under the amended provisions of A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 as amended by Act No.21 of 2008. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner 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. It is the case of the petitioner that he purchased an extent of Ac.1.32 ½ guntas of land in Sy.No.621 situated at Miryalaguda Village, Nalgonda District and an extent of Ac.0.20 guntas under registered sale deeds and also obtained pattadar pass books and title deeds in respect of the said lands. While so, without any notice, the 2nd respondent – Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Miryalaguda passed orders resuming the lands from the petitioners as well as from some other persons. Questioning the said orders, it is stated that the petitioner ﬁled an appeal before the 2nd respondent seeking reassignment of the said lands as per the amended provisions of Act 21 of 2008 on 18.7.2008. The grievance of the petitioner is that so far no orders are passed in the said appeal and on the other hand, the authorities are trying to assign the said lands in favour of third parties. Hence this writ petition. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue submits that since the petitioner has already ﬁled an appeal before the 2nd respondent against the orders passed by the 3rd respondent – Tahsidlar, Miryalaguda, instead of this Court going into the merits of the matter, the 2nd respondent may be directed to dispose of the appeal itself, for which course of action, the petitioner also agreed. In the circumstances, the 2nd respondent – Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Miryalaguda is directed to consider and dispose of the appeal ﬁled by the petitioner on 18.7.2008 against the orders of the 3rd respondent, as expeditiously as possible, and till such time, status quo obtaining as on date to be maintained. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J msv Dt.19.9.2008