HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.20093 of 2010 Date: August 17, 2010 Between: P. Narasimha, S/o. late P. Yadaiah, Aged about 34 years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o.H.No.1-149, Pedda Amberpeta Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga- Reddy District, and three others … Petitioners And The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and 2 others … Respondents Order: By this Writ Petition, petitioners seek directions to the respondents, by way of Mandamus, not to dispossess them from the land admeasuring Ac.1.23 guntas in Sy.No.244/33, situated at Pedda Amberpet Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. The aforesaid land was originally assigned to the late father of the petitioners. On the ground that the original assignee did not bring the land under cultivation and thus violated the conditions of grant of patta, the third respondent-Tahsildar, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District passed order dated 07-04-2007 vide proceedings No.C/176/2007, for resumption of the said land. When steps were being taken to take possession of the said land from the petitioners, they preferred an appeal against the order dated 07-04-2007 before the Revenue Divisional Officer- appellate authority. It is the grievance of the petitioners that by the time impugned order of resumption of the land was passed, original assignee, i.e. their father was no more; in spite of the same, without giving any opportunity to them the impugned order has been passed. On the other hand, it is submitted by learned Government Pleader appearing on behalf of respondents that the appeal filed by the petitioner against the order dated 07-04-2007 is posted for hearing on 30-08-2010. In view of the fact that the appeal filed by the petitioners is pending consideration, it is not desirable to go into the merits of the case and record any finding. As much as the impugned order has been passed without giving any opportunity to the petitioners, who have been in uninterrupted possession of the land in question by cultivating the same, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents not to take any steps for dispossession of the petitioners from the subject land till appropriate final orders are passed in the appeal filed by them against the order of the third respondent dated 07-04-2007. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) August 17, 2010 MRR