HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.31664 of 2010 Date: January 18, 2011 Between: Vellanki Ankaiah Chowdary, S/o.Nageswara Rao, aged 52 years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o.Polavaam Village, Chatrai Mandal, Krishna District … Petitioner And The Special Deputy Collector (TW), Bhadrachalam, Khammam District And another … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed with the following prayer: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioner’s right, title and interest in the property situated in Sy.No.273/126, admeasuring Ac.11.00 guntas at Kotturu village, hamlet of Pusugudem village Mulakalapalli Mandal, Khammam District, as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and direct the respondents to cancel the pattas granted to local tribals in respect of the petitioner’s property.” The petitioner claims ownership and possession of agricultural dry land admeasuring Ac.11.00 guntas in Sy.No.273/126, situated at Kotturu village, hamlet of Pusugudem village Mulakalapalli Mandal, Khammam District. It is stated that the aforesaid land was acquired by his father and later the petitioner has succeeded the same. While so, the Special Deputy Collector (TW), Bhadrachalam, passed order dated 22-08-2005 in Case No.989/2K/MKP ordering ejectment of the owner of the aforesaid land therefrom. When steps were being taken for evicting the petitioner, alleging that he was not impleaded as party-respondent in the order of eviction, although order of eviction was ordered against the land owned by him, the petitioner preferred an appeal, being C.M.A.No.253 of 2007 before the Additional Agent to Government, Project Officer, ITDA, Bhadrachalam along with an application seeking stay. The appellate authority, by order dated 26-10-2007, granted interim stay of the order dated 22-08-2005, for a period of four months. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the appeal filed by him is pending consideration and no extension of the order of interim stay is also granted; as a result he is sought to be dispossessed from the subject land. Whether there is any contravention of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970 is a matter which is in the domain of the respondents and the same is pending consideration in the appeal filed by the petitioner before the appellate authority, i.e. the Additional Agent to Government. In view of pendency of the appeal, it is not desirable to record any finding on the merits of the issue. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the appellate authority to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the order dated 22-08-2005 passed by the Special Deputy Collector (TW), Bhadrachalam as expeditiously as possible. Further, there shall be a direction to the respondents to maintain status quo regard to possession of the land admeasuring Ac.11.00 guntas covered by Sy.No.273/126, situated at Kotturu village, hamlet of Pusugudem village Mulakalapalli Mandal, Khammam District till appropriate final orders are passed in the appeal. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ (R.SUBHASH REDDY, J) January 18, 2011 MRR