IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13920 of 2008 Between: Koduri Ramana, S/o. Somaraju, R/o. Sivaramapatnam, Gokavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh Rep by the District Collector, East Godavari District, Kakinada. 2 The Sub-Collector, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 3 The Tahsildar, Gokavaram Mandal, Gokavaram, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE (ASSIGNMENTS) The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to direct respondent No.2 to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner against order dated 31-07-2007 of respondent No.3. Heard Sri P.Durga Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments). The innocuous relief, which the petitioner is claiming in this writ petition, is a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the statutory appeal filed by the petitioner on 21-01-2008 against order dated 31-07-2007 passed by respondent No.3, whereby he resumed the land of the petitioner under Section 3(1) (2) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. Since I find this request of the petitioner reasonable, the writ petition is disposed of. Respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the appeal of the petitioner, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.17957 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated 1st July, 2008 vrn