IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27858 of 2008 Between: 1 Bandela Brahmaiah S/o. Kotaiah R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Banka Adam S/o. Anandam R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. 3 Kathi Alisha S/o. Pethuru R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Gandham Prasad S/o. Peeraiah R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. 5 Manda Hanumantha Rao S/o. Yacobu R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. 6 Manda Peramma W/o. Aliya R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. 7 Manda Danamma W/o. Amosu R/o. Piduguralla Village & Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Guntur District, Guntur. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narasaraopeta, Guntur District. 3 The Tahsildar, Piduguralla Mandal, Piduguralla, Guntur 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 issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in not disposing off the Appeal filed by the petitioenrs under section 4-A (2) of A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act of 1977 filed against the orders of the 2nd respondent in Appeal No.3/2008-A dated 30.10.2008 and the stay petition dated 09.11.2008 as being illegal, unjust, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and be pleased to pass Counsel for the Petitioners:SRI E.V.BHAGIRATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27858 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners or their predecessors were assigned land admeasuring Ac.0.03 cents to Acs.4.26 cents in various survey numbers of Piduguralla Village statedly in 1992 and 1995. By proceedings dated 06.12.2007 the third respondent directed the Village Revenue Officer, Piduguralla, to take possession of the land from the petitioners. Feeling aggrieved by the action of the Tahsildar, petitioners preferred an appeal before the second respondent, who by order dated 30.10.2008 dismissed the appeal. Petitioners allegedly filed an appeal under Section 4-A(2) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, on 09.11.2008. The same was not disposed of. Therefore, petitioners rushed to this Court seeking a direction to first respondent to dispose of the appeal as well as the stay petition filed by them. After hearing the learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, this Court is of considered opinion that the appeal/revision itself was filed only on 09.11.2008, and a direction to first respondent to dispose of the appeal within a stipulated time cannot be granted (See Mir Fazle Ali Nasiri v. State of A.P. and others[1]). Petitioners allege that they also filed application for stay, which can be considered by first respondent immediately. The Writ Petition, with the above observation, is dismissed. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 23.12.2008 vs To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN} [1] 2007 (2) ALD 3