THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.15401 of 2011 Date: 09.06.2011 Between: Kommarthi Thamma Rao (died) Komarthi Rama Laxmi and others. … Petitioners and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Endowments Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.15401 of 2011 ORDER : Heard Sri B. Sriram Kartik, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, as well as the learned Government Pleader for Endowments appearing for the respondent, and with their consent the writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage. 2. The petitioners have filed this writ petition complaining the inaction on the part of the respondent in disposing of the revision petition filed by their predecessor, as arbitrary and illegal. 3. The petitioners claim to be the legal representatives of late Kommarthi Thamma Rao, who is the 1st petitioner herein. The said Kommarthi Thamma Rao was a tenant of the land to an extent of Ac.1.00 in R.S.No.49/1 of Sarpavaram Village, Kakinada Town and Mandal, East Godavari District, belonging to the Assistant Commissioner of Endowments Department, Rajahmundry and cultivating the same. He approached the competent authority under Section 82 of the A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (Act No.30 of 1987) (for brevity “the Act”) seeking to continue him as a tenant on the ground that he is a landless poor person. The Assistant Commissioner of Endowments Departments rejected his claim by orders dated 9.5.2006 passed in M.A.No.951 of 2006. On appeal in A.P.No.144 of 2006, the Regional Joint Commissioner, Multi Zone- I, Endowments Department, Kakinada, confirmed the said orders and dismissed the appeal by order dated 10.1.2007. Thereupon, the said Kommarthi Thamma Rao preferred a revision petition to the State Government under Section 93 of the Act in the year 2007. During the pendency of the said revision petition, the said Kommarthi Thamma Rao died on 18.2.2010 and as such the petitioners came on record as the legal representatives of the deceased-Kommarthi Thamma Rao in the said revision petition. Therefore, they filed the present writ petition for the aforesaid relief. 4. The only grievance presented by the petitioners in this writ petition is that even though the revision petition was filed in the year 2007, the State Government has not disposed of the same till date. 5. There does not appear to be any dispute that the predecessor of the petitioners preferred a revision petition and the same is pending eversince 2007. In matters of this nature, wherever the Statutory authorities are vested with the power to decide the rights of the parties, they are expected to dispose of the matters within a reasonable time, expeditiously. 6. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondent to dispose of the revision petition filed challenging the orders in Appeal No.144 of 2006, dated 10.1.2007, passed by the Regional Joint Commissioner, Multi Zone-I, Endowments Department, Kakinada, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________________ JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI 09.06.2011. NOTE:- Issue C.C. by 13.06.2011. (B/O) Msr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.15401 of 2011 09.06.2011 (Msr)