IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C. V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19741 of 2009 Between: Sangem Ravi Kumar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Mancherial, Adilabad District and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19741 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Mancherial, Adilabad District, in not disposing of Appeal No.G/874/2008, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently, to direct the first respondent to dispose of the appeal. It appears, the petitioner is the absolute owner and possessor of the land to an extent of Ac.1.20 gts in Sy.No.232 of Garmilla Village, Macherial Mandal, Adilabad District. He acquired the said land from his father, who died on 30.04.1993. The grievance of the petitioner is that after the death of his father, one Pathi Shankaraiah got his name mutated in the revenue records under Section 5-A of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 in the month of December, 2003, in place of his father, without issuing any notice to the petitioner. The petitioner, after knowing the said fact in the year 2008, filed an appeal before the first respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Mancherial and the same was numbered as Appeal No.G/874/2008, which is pending till today. As the said appeal has not been disposed of by the first respondent, the petitioner filed this writ petition. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the first respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal No.G/874/2008 purported to have been filed by the petitioner, if the same is in order, on merits, after hearing the parties concerned in accordance with law, 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 order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date:16.09.2009 sj