IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 28394 of 2008 Between: K.S.Hussain Saheb, S/o. Kamal Saheb, R/o. 3/2015, Upstair Raja Reddy Street, Kadapa. ..... PETITIONER AND The Tahsildar kadapa Mandal, Kadapa. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not disposing of the Revenue Appeal Petition filed in respect of S.No.435/1, 2 & 3 to an extent of Ac.2.00, 2.00 & 3.07 respectively situated in Chinnachowk Village fields of Kadapa Mandal & District numbered as Ref.No.1987/2006, dated 22.05.2006 is illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to dispose of the revenue appeal petition filed in respect of S.No.435/1, 2 & 3 to an extent of Ac.2.00 , 2.00 & 3.07 respectively situated in Chinnachowk village fields of Kadapa Mandal & District numbered as Ref.No.1987 of 2006 dated 22.05.2006 by declaring the land in question is a private patta land and pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.ARIFULLAH Counsel for the Respondent : GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 28394 of 2008 ORDER: Petitioner alleges that he is a member of a welfare association and the said association has purchased Acs.7.07 cents under registered sale deeds dated 7.1.1982, 24.2.1982 and 21.4.1982 with respect to lands in Survey Nos. 435/1, Acres 2.00; 435/2, Acres 2.00 and 435/3, Acs. 3.07 cents. According to the petitioner, the said lands are private lands and the association has got the lands divided into plots, made a layout and the individual allottees/members are in possession. Alleging that the aforesaid lands are being assigned to certain private parties, the petitioner has approached the Revenue Divisional Officer, Kadapa by filing an appeal petition dated 1.5.2006, to cancel the said assignment. The Revenue Divisional Officer, thereafter, directed the petitioner to approach the Mandal Revenue Officer and accordingly the petitioner claimed to have preferred an appeal before the Mandal Revenue Officer, Kadapa dated 22.5.2006. The grievance in this writ petition is that no orders are being passed by the respondent on the said appeal. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader and in view of the limited grievance of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition by directing the respondent to consider and dispose of the aforesaid appeal seemed to have been filed by the petitioner after giving opportunity and after hearing to all the parties, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR,J DATE: 29th December, 2008 pnb