THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.28894 of 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the proceedings of the third respondent dated 04.07.2011 as arbitrary and illegal. A consequential direction is sought to the third respondent to give the petitioner a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and to consider all the material placed by him, before passing orders in the appeal filed by respondent Nos.6 to 12. Heard Sri N.Subba Rao, Learned Counsel for the petitioner, Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Telangana Area) and Sri Vedula Srinivas, Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.6 to 12 and, at their request, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. Sri N.Subba Rao, Learned Counsel for the petitioner, would submit that the petitioner’s name was mutated in the revenue records on 06.06.2011; apprehending an appeal being preferred thereagainst by respondent Nos.6 to 12, the petitioner had filed a caveat before the third respondent on 28.06.2011; the third respondent had passed an order of stay on 04.07.2011 without giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard; and the petitioner has filed a detailed counter to the appeal preferred by respondent Nos.6 to 12 enclosing thereto all the material documents in support of his case. Learned Counsel would fairly state that, instead of going into the validity of the interim order of stay passed by the third respondent, it would suffice, for the disposal of this Writ Petition, if the third respondent were directed to dispose of the appeal itself at the earliest, after giving the petitioner a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and taking into consideration the objections and the material documents filed by him along with his counter affidavit. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Telangana Area) would submit that a reasonable time be given to the third respondent to dispose of the appeal. Sri Vedula Srinivas, Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.6 to 12, would submit that the opportunity required to be provided to the petitioner by the third respondent should equally be made available to respondent Nos.6 to 12. I consider it appropriate, therefore, to dispose of the Writ Petition directing the third respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by respondent Nos.6 to 12, after giving all the parties to the appeal a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and to take into consideration the documents placed by them for his perusal, before passing an order. The third respondent shall dispose of the appeal, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from today. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:01.11.2011 usd