IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21988 of 2008 Between: Garlapati Rama Chandra Rao S/o. Late Venkateswara Rao R/o. Purushothapatnam Village, Bhadrachalam Revenue Mandal, Khammam Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Principal Secretary to Govt. Tribal Welfare Dept. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Additional Agent to the Govt. Bhadrachalam, Khammam Dist. 3 The Agency Divisional Officer Bhadrachalam, Khammam Dist. 4 The Tahsildar Bhadrachalam, Khammam Dist. .....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 a writ or direction preferably writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in passing appropriate orders either on the stay petition or on the revision itself ﬁled on dt.22-9-2008 against the order of 2nd respondent dt.21-6-2008 in C.M.A.No.218/2007 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st respondent to consider and dispose of the stay petition or the revision itself within a reasonable time and further direct the respondents or their subordinate staﬀ not to dispossess me from possession and enjoyment of the property in Sy.No.86/1 measuring an extent of Acs.13-25 gts. situated at Bhadrachalam Village and Revenue Mandal, Khammam Dist., pending disposal of the revision on the file of the 1st respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been ﬁled by Garlapati Ramachandra Rao assailing the inaction of the 1st respondent in considering the revision ﬁled by him against the order dated 21.6.2008 passed in CMA No.218 of 2007. The petitioner claims to be the owner and possessor of Acs.13-25 guntas of land comprising Sy.No.86/1, Bhadrachalam Village and Revenue Mandal. Proceedings have been initiated for his ejectment from the land bearing Sy.No.86/1 admeasuring Acs.13-25 guntas on the ground that his possession is in contravention of Andhra Pradesh Schedule Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959, as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. The primary authority, on enquiry, found that his possession is in contravention of Andhra Pradesh Schedule Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959, as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. He ﬁled an appeal before the Additional Agent to the Government, Project Oﬃcer, ITDA, Bhadrachalam-2 nd respondent assailing the order passed by the primary authority. The appellate authority, on reconsidering the material placed on record, did not ﬁnd any valid ground to interfere with the order passed by the primary authority and accordingly, dismissed the appeal. Thereafter, he ﬁled revision before the 1st respondent. He also moved stay application pending disposal of the revision. There being no action by the 1st respondent on the revision as well as the stay application, he approached this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare received notice on behalf of R1 to R4. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader appearing for R1 to R4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that 4th respondent is contemplating to dispossess the petitioner from the land in dispute pending revision. The factual aspect of the petitioner ﬁling revision before the 1st respondent is not in dispute. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to consider the revision and pass appropriate orders. There shall be status quo existing as on this day with regard to possession in respect of the land in dispute till the disposal of the revision or the stay application ﬁled by the petitioner, whichever is earlier. No costs. _________ 30-09-2008 rkk