THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR W.P.No.13637 of 2011 ORDER(Per Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the procedure adopted by the Special Court under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 in entertaining the complaint filed by the respondents in LGC(SR) No.4689 of 2010 even without taking cognizance and numbering the LGC and in passing status quo orders in the said LGC on 27.04.2011, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. This Court while admitting the writ petition on 30.04.2011, passed an order of interim suspension and thereafter, it was modified on 11.05.2011 with that of status quo order passed by the Land Grabbing Court will not prohibit the writ petitioners from proceeding with further construction, but they shall not create any third party rights by way of encumbrance or alienation of the schedule property until further orders. 3. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that as per Rule 6 of Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Rules, 1988 (for short ‘the Rules’), the report of the Mandal Revenue Officer is not mandatory. In support of his contention, he relied upon the decision of the Apex Court in PESARA PUSHPAMALA REDDY v. G. VEERA SWAMY[1]. 4. A perusal of the afore-cited decision of the Supreme Court reveals that calling for the report of Mandal Revenue Officer before taking cognizance of LGC as per Rule 6 of the Rules by the Special Tribunal or the Special Court, is not mandatory. Following the same, we are of the considered view that the Special Court has not committed any error in adopting the procedure under the Act. However, we direct the Special Court to consider and dispose of the matter after hearing both the parties, in accordance with law. Meanwhile, the interim order passed by this Court on 11.05.2011 to continue. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J _______________ K.G.SHANKAR, J Date:21.06.2011 sj [1] (2011) 4 SCC 306