IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14344 of 2005 Between: 1 Palla Karunakar Reddy, s/o Kista Reddy, r/o Deverkonda Town and Mandal, Nalgonda District. 2 Neela Hari Babu, s/o Pandaraiah, r/o Deverkonda Town and Mandal, Nalgonda District. 3 Ganji Srinivasulu, s/o Sri Ramulu, r/o Deverkonda Town and Mandal, Nalgonda District. 4 Kunchakuri Anand, s/o Krishna Murthy, r/o Deverkonda Town and Mandal, Nalgonda District. 5 Gulam Mujahid, s/o Gulam Jilani, r/o Deverkonda Town and Mandal, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda. 3 D.Damodhar Reddy, s/o Narayana Reddy, r/o Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda District. 4 Sayyad Muqdoom Sahab, s/o Meer Hussain, r/o Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda District. 5 Waheeda Begum W/o. Habeeb rep. by G.P.A. Holder, D. Damodar Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy, 73 yrs R/o. Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 6 Syda Begum D/o. Habeeb rep. by G.P.A. Holder, D. Damodar Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy, 73 yrs R/o. Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 7 Khader Baba S/o. Habeeb rep. by G.P.A. Holder, D. Damodar Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy, 73 yrs R/o. Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 8 Sayyad Shareef S/o. Chinna Jahangir Ali rep. by G.P.A. Holder, D. Damodar Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy, 73 yrs R/o. Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 9 Sayyad Dastagir S/o. Jahangir Ali rep. by G.P.A. Holder, D. Damodar Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy, 73 yrs R/o. Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 10 Sayyad Niranjan S/o. Jahangir Ali rep. by G.P.A. Holder, D. Damodar Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy, 73 yrs R/o. Deverkonda Mandal, Nalgonda Dist RR 5to10 impleaded as per court order dt. 3-8-2005 in WPMP 19610 of 2005 .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR. S.N.RAJU FOR MR.A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2: AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent Nos.3, 5 to 10: MR. D.JAGANMOHAN REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside order, dated 04.01.2005 passed by respondent No.1 to the extent he directed status quo granted by him on 07.12.2004 to be continued pending disposal of the proceedings by respondent No.2 following the remand by respondent No.1. Heard Sri S.N.Raju, learned counsel representing Sri A.Rajashekar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri D.Jaganmohan Reddy, learned counsel for respondent Nos.3 and 5 to 10. From the pleadings of the petitioners and the submissions made by their counsel at the hearing, it is evident that while the petitioners do not have any objection for remanding the case by respondent No.1 to respondent No.2 to determine the eligibility of the claimants under Section 40 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950, they are aggrieved by the direction to maintain status quo as on 07.12.2004. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that the said order was suspended on 05.07.2005. Since the said interim order of suspension is in force till the date, I find it expedient to dispose of the writ petition with the direction to respondent No.2 to complete the proceedings in pursuance of the direction given by respondent No.1 in his order, dated 04.01.2005 within a period of three (3) months after giving both the parties an opportunity of personal hearing and pass appropriate order. Pending passing of order by respondent No.2, both the parties to the dispute shall maintain status quo existing as on today. Ordered accordingly. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WVMP.No.2173 of 2005 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15th JULY, 2008. kvni