HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.18247 OF 2011 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the Director of Settlements in deciding the appeal preferred by the 1st petitioner against the orders passed by the Settlement Officer/Sub-Collector, Bhadrachalam. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare, upon receipt of instructions in writing, has submitted that the Director of Settlements, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has now started entertaining the appeals in view of the interim suspension of the operation of the orders passed by the State Government delegating the power for hearing and deciding the appeals preferred against the orders of the Settlement Officer in favour of the Project Officer, ITDA, Bhadrachalam. 3. In view of the statement made by the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare that the 1st respondent would be entertaining the appeals, the apprehension entertained in this writ petition is defeated. Therefore, the 1st respondent is directed to call for the appeal records and decide the same as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J June 30, 2011. KTL