THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.29728 OF 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the action of the second respondent, in not disposing the appeal ﬁled by the petitioner on 17.02.2011, as arbitrary and illegal. The ﬁrst respondent is said to have issued pattadar pass book and title deeds in favour of the third respondent aggrieved by which the petitioner preferred an appeal to the second respondent as early as on 17.02.2011. On the ground that the said appeal has not been disposed of despite more than eight months having elapsed, the petitioner invoked the jurisdiction of this Court in the last week of October, 2011. The matter thereafter suﬀered several adjournments on 09.11.2011, 14.11.2011 and 21.11.2011 on which date the Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Andhra and Rayalaseema Areas) stated that his repeated eﬀorts to obtain instructions from respondent Nos.1 and 2 were of no avail. I considered it appropriate, therefore, to direct the Revenue Divisional Officer to be personally present in Court today. The Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer (second respondent), who is present in Court, seeks to shift the blame on the administrative oﬃcer. When asked as to whether the administrative oﬃcer was sub-ordinate to him or not, he would agree that it was indeed the case. It does not stand to reason that a responsible oﬃcer of the Government would not heed a call from the Government Pleader to furnish instructions in a matter pending before this Court. As a result of the indiﬀerence of the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer in furnishing information, the matter has suﬀered adjournments thrice. The Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer would state that the appeal is indeed pending, and after putting both the petitioner and the third respondent on notice, he would dispose of the said appeal, in accordance with law, within a period of one month from today. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of directing the second respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner within a period of one month from today after putting both the petitioner and the third respondent on notice, and after giving them an opportunity of being heard. Exemplary costs of Rs.1,000/- is imposed on the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer for his failure to provide the requisite information to the Government Pleader despite the latter’s repeated requests. The said sum of Rs.1,000/- shall be paid to the legal services authority in the High Court within a period of two weeks from today. However, in the circumstances, with costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J November 23, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.29728 OF 2011 November 23, 2011 MD