IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 27063 of 2008 Between: Shaik Ibrahim Saheb S/o. Shaik Chinna Khasim Saheb R/o. Challavaripalli. H/o. Mustoor, Nimmanapalle Mandal, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Sub-Collector Madanapalle Chittoor District. 2 The Tahsildar Nimmapalli Mandal, Chittoor District. 3 Shaik Dastagiri Saheb S/o. Shaik Chinna Khasim Saheb R/o. Challavandlapalli. H/o. Mustoor, Nimmanapalli Mandal, Chittoor District. 4 S. Yakub Saheb S/o. Shaik Chinna Khasim Saheb R/o. Challavandlapalli. H/o. Mustoor, Nimmanapalli Mandal, Chittoor District. 5 Shaik Shakeela Bee W/o. S. Basha R/o. Challavandlapalli. H/o. Mustoor, Nimmanapalli Mandal, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not disposing of the petitioner's Appeal No.B2/35/03 as arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct him to dispose of the same by fixing reasonable time limit, otherwise the petitioner will suffer irreparable loss and hardship. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.RADHA KRISHNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27063 of 2008 ORDER: Petitioner was assigned land admeasuring Acs.4.72 in survey No.1727/3 situated at Mustoor Revenue Village, Nimmanapalli Mandal, Chittoor District, vide DKT patta No.A.M.No.88/4/77. It appears that respondent Nos.3 and 4, who are brothers of petitioner, also got assignment in respect of other lands. They approached second respondent claiming a share in the land assigned to petitioner. Second respondent granted pattadar passbooks and title deeds to them to the extent of Acs.1.80 in favour of third respondent and Ac.0.60 in faovur of fourth respondent. Aggrieved by the same, petitioner filed an appeal before first respondent on 26.12.2002. The same was not disposed of and therefore, he filed instant writ petition. After getting instructions, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submits that first respondent reserved the matter on 20.5.2008 for orders and called for report of Tahsildar regarding nature of the land. He also submits that appropriate orders are to be passed after receiving report from Tahsildar. There is no dispute that petitioner filed appeal in 2002 which was numbered in 2003. There is also no dispute that atleast six months ago the matter was reserved for orders. Therefore, there cannot be any difficulty for first respondent to pass orders immediately. This exercise may be completed within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 16th December, 2008 GHN To 1 The Sub-Collector Madanapalle Chittoor District. 2 The Tahsildar Nimmapalli Mandal, Chittoor District. 3 2CCs to GP for Revenue 4 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KBJ}