IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.24456 of 2008 Between: 1 Vasupalli Yellaji Rao S/o.Ammoramma R/o.D.No.36-82-3/3, Upstairs, Boosa vari Street, Reddi Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam. 2 Gangalla Danayya S/o.Late Appanna R/o.Cheppaluppadu, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. (Petitioners 2 to 5 are rep. by GPA Holder V.Yellaji Rao, 1st Petitioner) 3 Mylapalli Ammoramma W/o.Dasanna R/o.Cheppaluppadu, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. (Petitioners 2 to 5 are rep. by GPA Holder V.Yellaji Rao, 1st Petitioner) 4 Smt.Tholada Danayyamma W/o.Late Satenna R/o.Cheppaluppadu, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. (Petitioners 2 to 5 are rep. by GPA Holder V.Yellaji Rao, 1st Petitioner) 5 Smt.Vasupalli Ammoramma W/o.late Ammoru R/o.D.No.36-82-3/3, Upstairs, Boosa vari Street, Reddy Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam District. (Petitioners 2 to 5 are rep. by GPA Holder V.Yellaji Rao, 1st Petitioner) ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Tahsildar, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3 Smt.Mundluru Puspavathi W/o.Giridhar R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 4 Smt.Mamidi Varalakshmi W/o.Adinarayana R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 5 Budda Narasimha Rao S/o.Appa Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 6 Palepu Nanda Mohana Rao Srinivas S/o.Lakshmana Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 7 Buddha Tulasi @ Indira W/o. late Satyanarayana R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 8 Mamidi Brahmanandham S/o.Venkata Ranga Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 9 Yellapu Partha Saradhi S/o.Gopala Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 10 Yellapu Leela Bhavani Shankar S/o.Gopala Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 11 Smt.Settaluri Radha Krishna W/o.Sarangapani R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 12 V.Krishna Prasad S/o.not known, R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 13 Smt.Marumalla Venkata Lakshmi W/o.Venkateswara Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 14 Gosamsetty Veera Venkata Subrahmanya Kumar S/o.Rama Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 15 Smt.Maddala Mahalakshmi W/o.Jagga Rao R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 16 Dadi Sambasiva Rao S/o.Nooka Raju R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 17 Yamuri Shankara Rao S/o.Veera Babu R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 18 Vanka Atchayyamma W/o.Adinarayana R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 19 Maruthi Satya Rao S/o.Marayya R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 20 Alipilli Appa Rao S/o.Ammoru R/o.Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam 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, order or direction, particularly a writ in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in not passing any orders on the petition ﬁled by the Petitioners herein for interim orders, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent herein to dispose of the said petition ﬁled by the Petitioners herein and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI K.V.SUBRAHMANYA NARUSU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.24456 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners ﬁled an appeal before the ﬁrst respondent under Section 5(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971, against the orders of the second respondent granting pattadar passbooks and title deeds to respondent Nos.3 to 20, who are related to the petitioners. Apprehending that the contesting respondents might dispose of the property pending appeal, the petitioners allegedly ﬁled an application for interim direction against the contesting respondents not to alienate the property. The same was not disposed of, and therefore, petitioners are before this Court. After getting instructions, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (General-AA) submits that the petitioners ﬁled appeal two weeks ago and even before the application could be taken up, they ﬁled the instant writ petition. Admittedly, the petitioners ﬁled the interlocutory application for interim direction, pending appeal. Therefore, it would be in the interests of justice to direct the ﬁrst respondent to pass appropriate orders immediately. Petitioners are given liberty to approach the ﬁrst respondent with a copy of this order, when the ﬁrst respondent shall pass necessary interim orders. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 18.11.2008 vs To 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Tahsildar, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3 2CCs to G.P for Revenue, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 4 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR}