IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17216 of 2009 Between: Chundur Venkanna and another. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Agent to Government, Tribal Welfare/District Collector, Eluru, West Godavari District and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No.17216 of 2009 Order: The petitioners claim to be the absolute owners and possessors of land to an extent of Acs.14.98 cents situated in various in Survey Numbers of Parimpudi Narayanapuram Village, Jeelugumilli Mandal, West Godavari District. It is the case of the petitioners that the second respondent, at the instance of the Special Deputy Collector (TW), K.R.Puram, West Godavari District, initiated proceedings under Section 3(1) of A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulations, 1959 and through his orders in L.T.R.S.R.No.204/2007, dated 22.08.2008, ordered eviction of the petitioners. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners claim to have filed an appeal before the Agent to Government, Tribal Welfare/District Collector, Eluru, West Godavari District, the first respondent herein, on 20.07.2009, along with an application seeking stay. It is the grievance of the petitioners that their appeal has not been considered so far and no orders have been passed even on their application for stay. In the meanwhile, since there is threat of dispossession, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for the respondents Since the statutory appeal is pending before the first respondent, it would be appropriate to protect the possession of the petitioners till the appeal is disposed of in accordance with law. Accordingly, without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, at the admission stage, with a direction to the first respondent-Agent to Government to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioners, expeditiously. Till the disposal of the appeal by the first respondent, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by both the parties. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:20.08.2009 VGB