HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 3616 OF 2010. DATED 18TH FEBRUARY, 2010. BETWEEN Barika Nagaraj ….Petitioner and The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram. Ananthapuram District and ors. ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 3616 OF 2010. ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the ﬁrst respondent in not disposing of the appeal being RC.No.2499/2008/B, ﬁled by the petitioner on 2.6.2009 as arbitrary and illegal and for a consequential direction to dispose of the said appeal. Heard both sides. According to the petitioner, her grand mother, Barika Yellamma was gifted landed property in an extent of Ac.17.83 cents situated in Sy.Nos. 156 and 160 of Pulakurthi village, D.Hirchal Mandal, Anathapur District, by her brother. In turn, the grand mother of the petitioner executed a gift deed in his favour on 3.1.2005 for the entire extent of Ac.17.83 cents of the land. It is the contention of the petitioner that in the meanwhile one Barika Basamma who is nothing to do with the land in question, got her name incorporated in the revenue records. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner ﬁled an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Dharmavaram, ﬁrst respondent herein. The said appeal is pending before the ﬁrst respondent as of today. It is the further contention of the petitioner that the said Barika Basamma sold away the said land in favour of the third respondent. It is the grievance of the petitioner that unless and until the appeal ﬁled by him is disposed of by the ﬁrst respondent, he cannot workout remedies available under law. Under these circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the ﬁrst respondent to consider and dispose of the appeal purported to have been ﬁled by the petitioner, vide RC.No. 2499/2008/B, dated 2.6.2009 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till the disposal of the appeal, status quo as on today with regard to the entries made in the revenue records in respect of the land in question shall be maintained. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. ----------------------------------- JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU DATED 18T H FEBRUARY, 2010. MSNR.