IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION NO.2624 OF 2011 Between : Smt D.Vishwapriya ...PETITIONER A N D Government of Andhra Pradesh and others. …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION NO.2624 OF 2011 O R D E R: Aggrieved by the action of the second respondent in entertaining the appeal filed by respondent No.3 in File No.F1/704/11 and the consequential order passed on 22.01.2001 granting stay of operation of the orders passed by the Inams Tribunal-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division in Case No.L/1899/94, dated 30.10.1994, the petitioner preferred this writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforementioned appeal filed before respondent No.2 is not maintainable and hence, the same may be dismissed at the threshold itself. Sri Vedula Venkata Ramana, learned Senior Counsel for respondent No.3, who is the appellant before respondent No.2 in the appeal, submits that the competent authority is entitled to pass an order as to whether the appeal is maintainable or not; and that the appeal filed by respondent No.3, cannot be dismissed in this writ petition. After hearing the learned counsel for both parties, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to treat the issue of maintainability of the appeal filed by respondent No.3 to be a preliminary issue and decide whether the appeal is maintainable or not. In case, it is maintainable, then respondent No.2 shall also decide the matter on merits. Respondent No.2 is directed to decide the appeal expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. It shall be open to the petitioner to file an implead application in the appeal, if so advised. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J FEBRUARY 09, 2011. YVL