IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16547 of 2008 Between: V.Narasimhulu S/o.Sanjanna R/o.H.No.14-24 Doddalonipally village,Mahabubnagar Mandal & District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Mahabubnagar District Mahabubnagar 2 The Mandal Revenue officer, Mahabubnagar 3 G.Vishwanatham S/o.Pentaiah R/o.Nerellapally village Balanagar Mandal,Mahabubnagar 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 more in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not disposing of the Revision petition No.D1/64/2006 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the principles of natural justice and violative of the provisions of "AP Rights in Lands and Pattedar Passbooks Act 1971" and further direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the Revision petition NO.D1/64/2006 expeditiously. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.CHANDRADHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled by the petitioner seeking a direction to the 1st respondent to dispose of the revision petition No.D.1/64/2006 filed by him expeditiously. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for ﬁnal disposal at the admission stage itself. It is the case of the petitioner that he is in possession and occupation of an extent of Ac.11.11 guntas of agricultural lands in Sy.No.142, 143, 145 and 146 of Doddalonipally Village, Hamlet of Boyapally, Mahabubnagar Mandal and District for the last 30 years. It is stated that the said lands belong to one Manemma who brought him in the year 1960 and educated him and has also performed his marriage. She executed a will in his favour in respect of the said property. While so, by proceedings dated 25.3.2006, the 2nd respondent ordered the name of the 3rd respondent to be recorded in the revenue records as pattadar. Questioning the said proceedings, it is stated that the petitioner preferred a revision along with a stay application before the 1st respondent in the month of August, 2006. Since no orders were passed by the 1st respondent either in the revision petition or on the stay application, he ﬁled a writ petition before this Court being W.P.No.7437 of 2007 and this Court by order dated 12.4.2007 directed the 1st respondent to dispose of the said revision petition within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of that order. The grievance of the petitioner is that even though this Court directed the 1st respondent to dispose of the revision petition within a stipulated time, so far he has not passed any orders on the revision petition. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondents 1 and 2 submits that since a civil suit is pending in respect of the said property, they have not passed any orders in the revision petition. If that is so, the 1st respondent shall bring it to the notice of the learned Judge for not disposing of the revision petition within the time ﬁxed by this Court or seek extension. That apart, if the orders of this Court dated12.4.2007 are not complied with, the petitioner is having eﬀective alternative remedy of ﬁling a contempt and not a fresh writ petition. For the foregoing reasons, the writ petition is closed. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.25.7.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Mahabubnagar District Mahabubnagar 2 The Mandal Revenue officer, Mahabubnagar 3 2 CCs Govt.Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. 4 2CD copies