IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22692 of 2008 Between: 1 K.Siva Prasad, S/o. Rajendraprasad, R/o. Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 2 M.Radhika, W/o. Veerambhatla Gupta, R/o. Narasaraopet Town and Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the inaction of the respondent in hearing the appeals of the petitioners vide Appeal Case No.97/2007-A on the ﬁle of the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, as arbitrary, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondent to hear the said appeal and decide the matter on merits. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.J.UGRANARASIMHA Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.22692 of 2008 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue, and at their request, the matter is taken up for hearing at the admission stage. 2. The petitioners claim to be the absolute owners and possessors of the lands in question, having purchased the same as bona ﬁde purchasers for a valid consideration. While so, the Tahsildar, Narasaraopet Mandal, issued proceedings dated 17.07.2007 and 11.04.2007, as against petitioners 1 and 2 respectively, whereunder the Village Revenue Oﬃcer was directed to take possession of the subject lands, inasmuch as they fall within the statutory embargo enunciated under A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. Questioning the same, the petitioners preferred appeals to the 1st respondent, namely Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Narsaraopet, Guntur District, but till date no orders are passed thereon. Hence, they ﬁled this writ petition seeking appropriate directions. 3. Since the only grievance of the petitioners is that the appeals ﬁled by them before the 1st respondent are pending consideration, without going into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to direct the 1st respondent, namely Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Narsaraopet, Guntur District, to consider and dispose of the appeals preferred by the petitioners, against the proceedings dated 17.07.2007 and 11.04.2007 of the Tahsildar, Narasaraopet Mandal, in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA,J 18.10.2008 v v