THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7002 OF 2010 DATED:29.03.2010 Between: Ravipati Rama Rao and another .. Petitioners And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsaraopet, Guntur District And another .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7002 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners allege that property admeasuring Acs.11.99 cents in various survey numbers situated at Gottimukkula Village of Gurazala Mandal, Guntur District, fell to the share of each of the petitioners in a family partition. They also claim that when the property in their possession is ancestral property, the second respondent initiated action under Section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (the Act) and passed an order under Section 4(1) of the Act on 19.04.2007 resuming an extent of Acs.15.68 cents in Survey Nos.16/1, 103/2B, 105/1 and 335 etc., to the Government on the ground that the land was transferred in contravention of Section 3(3) of the Act. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners preferred an appeal under Section 4-A of the Act on 15.02.2008. They also pray for stay of further proceedings pursuant to the resumption order of the Tahsildar. The appeal as well as stay application are pending for the last two years. In the meanwhile, second respondent again issued notice for resumption of the land. Apprehending that even before the appeal is decided by the first respondent, they might be dispossessed from the possession, they filed the instant Writ Petition. This Court heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment). A copy of the grounds of appeal and stay petition are annexed to the Writ Petition. It is not clear whether the appeal is still pending or not. Therefore, without expressing any opinion on this aspect of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of observing that unless and until the appeal is disposed of by the first respondent, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) 29.03.2010 KH