IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27410 of 2008 Between: 1 V.Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Venkateswarlu, R/o. 301,Kailash kalyan Apartments, Bhagyanagar, Kukatpally, R.R.District. 2 Chenegala Sailu @ Sayanna, S/o. late Sri C.Mallaiah, R/o. 1-51, Nizampet Village, Qutubullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 Chenegala Narayana, S/o. C.Mallaiah, Nizampet Village, Qutubullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. Petitioners 2 and 3 rep by their G.P.A. V.Srinivasa Rao, i.e., the 1st Petitioner ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of andhra Pradesh, Revenue Department, Rep by the Special Grade Deputy Collector & Revenue Divisional Oficer, Ranga Reddy, East Division, Ranga Reddy. 2 The Deputy Collector and Tahsildar, Qutubullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. .....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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the order of the1st respondent passed in LR.No.B1/536/2008 dated 11-12-208 in rejecting to grant stay of the order of the 2nd Respondent passed in No.A/248/208 dated 1-11-2008 as illegal, arbitrary and consequently stay the orders of the 2nd Respondent passed in No.A/248/208 dated 10-11-2008, pending disposal of the appeal and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SRI O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27410 of 2008 ORDER: The second respondent passed orders vide proceedings No.A/248/2008, dated 10.11.2008, purportedly under Section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (the Act, for brevity), canceling assignment made in favour of the original assignees from whose vendors the petitioners purchased small extents of land. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners preferred an appeal under Section 4-A of the Act before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ranga Reddy, and also prayed for interim stay. The same having been rejected by the impugned proceedings, dated 11.12.2008, the petitioners filed the instant writ petition. This Court has repeatedly held that if appropriate orders of stay or status quo are not passed, the very purpose of filing appeal would be defeated (see Manda Ram Reddy v Government of Andhra Pradesh[1]). Petitioners’ appeal is still pending, and pending the same if the petitioners are dispossessed and the land is resumed, it would certainly cause prejudice to them. Therefore, this Court is of considered opinion that the Revenue Divisional Officer should dispose of the matter as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of four weeks from today. Till the appeal is disposed of, there shall be status quo as to possession on condition that the petitioners shall not raise any constructions nor alienate or transfer the property. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 17.12.2008 vs To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS} [1] 2006 (1) ALD 441 = 2006 (2) ALT 371