THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.1201 of 2007 Dated:05.03.2007 Between: N.Narasimha Reddy and others. …Petitioners and The District Collector, Chittoor District, and another. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.1201 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioners are sons of late N.Muni Reddy. It is their case that their father purchased the property admeasuring Acs.7.26 cents in Survey No.420/1, Ac.0.30 cents in Survey No.420/2 and Ac.0.25 cents in Survey No.418 situated at Settipalle Village, Tirupathi Urban Mandal in Chittoor District, from Guramma, who purchased the same from Subramanyam. It is their case that Subramanyam purchased the said land from the sons of Kalluri Narayanaswamy, who had a Saswatha patta granted by the estate holder. After coming into force of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (for short ‘the Act’), their father purchased the property under registered sale deed dated 19.07.1978. The application filed by the father of the petitioners under Section 11(a) of the Act before the Settlement Officer was allowed and patta was granted. Aggrieved by the same, the District Collector preferred a revision before the Special Commissioner and Director of Settlements under Section 5(2) of the Act, which was allowed on 27.04.2002 setting aside the patta. The petitioners then approached the Commissioner of Appeals under Section 7(d) of the Act by way of a further revision. The Commissioner by order dated 01.07.2004 remanded the matter to the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer for de novo enquiry, and the enquiry is still pending. The petitioners allege that when the enquiry is pending, the second respondent came to the subject land and tried to interfere with the possession. Therefore, they filed the instant Writ Petition seeking a direction to the respondents not to interfere with their possession. After getting instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (General-A) submits that the land is vacant and is not in possession of the petitioners. He, however, does not dispute that after remand by the Commissioner of Land Administration, the matter is still pending before the Joint Collector-cum- Settlement Officer. Therefore, this Court observes that both the parties should maintain status quo as on today, and the Joint Collector should dispose of the matter within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 05.03.2007 Note: Issue C.C in one week. B/o. vs