THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29158 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners were assigned certain extents of land in various survey numbers of Allur Village, Kothapatnam Mandal, Prakasam District along with certain other persons. Alleging that the assignees have either failed to bring the land under use or have alienated, the Tahsildar, Kothapatnam Mandal, the third respondent herein, initiated proceedings under the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. Through an order, dated 09.06.2005, he directed resumption of lands of the persons mentioned in the annexure. The names of the petitioners figured therein. Aggrieved by the said orders, petitioners 1 to 5 preferred an appeal before Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, the second respondent herein, together with an application for stay. The sixth petitioner is yet to file an appeal. Their grievance is that the second respondent has not passed any orders in the application for stay and in the meanwhile, the third respondent is taking steps to resume possession of the land. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Though several grounds are urged by the petitioners touching on the merits of the order passed by the third respondent, this Court is not inclined to deal with the same. Petitioners 1 to 5 have availed the statutory remedy of appeal before the second respondent. In case, they are dispossessed from the land even while the appeal is pending, nothing remains to be decided. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the third respondent shall not dispossess the petitioners from the land in question during the pendency of the appeal before the second respondent against the proceedings, dated 09.06.2005, passed by the third respondent. It is also directed that it shall be open to the sixth petitioner to prefer an appeal, within a period of four weeks from today. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:25.02.2009 kdl