THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION No.16972 of 2005 Between: M.Annavara Satyanarayanamma and another .. Petitioner and Revenue Divisional Officer and another .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION No.16972 of 2005 O R D E R: Against the order passed by the second respondent-Mandal Revenue Officer, Tadepalligudem Mandal, dated 24-05-2005, an appeal was filed by the petitioners before the first respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Eluru. Pending the appeal, the second respondent is insisting the petitioners to stop the agricultural operations in the land in question. Hence, the writ petition is filed to direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the land in question. It is the case of the petitioners that they have purchased the land from one Vara Pataiah and others. But, according to the respondents, the land was assigned to the said Vara Pataiah under landless poor quota and the petitioners purchased the land contrary to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977. Since the appeal filed by the petitioners is pending consideration before the first respondent, I deem it appropriate to direct the first respondent to dispose of the appeal, in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order after giving an opportunity of being heard to the petitioners and the affected parties. Till such time, the respondents are directed not to dispossess the petitioners from the land in question. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ 02-08-2005 kdl