IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 661 of 2009 Between: Smt.Punnam Laxmibai W/o.Ganga Goud @ Ganganna r/o.Sirchelma village Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Addl.Agent to the Government and Project Officer ITDA, Adilabad Head Quarters, Utnoor, Adilabad District 2 The Special Deputy collector (Social Welfare) Adilabad Head Quarters AT Utnoor,Adilabad District 3 The Tahsildar, Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District 4 Nomula Narsaiah S/o.Ramulu R/o.Sirchelma village Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District 5 Dasari Ganga Reddy S/o.Gangaram R/o.Sirchelma village Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to assign the lands of the petitoner to an extent of Ac.0.45 cents in SY.No.54/part situated at Sirchelma village, of Echoda Mandal,Adilabad District to third parties by dispossessing the petitoner from her lands under the guise of the orders passed by the 2nd respondent in Case No.TWA2/546/2005 dated 28.9.2007 and confirmed by the 1st respondent in Case No.A4/LTR/42/2008 dated 20.10.2008 as illegal, arbitrary, unjust violation of principles of natural justice opposed to equity and fair play and be pleased to set aside the orders passed by the 2nd respondent in CAse No.TWA2/546/2005 dated 28.9.2007 and confirmed by the 1st respondent in Case No.A4/LTR/42/2008 dated 20.10.2008 and consequently direct the respondents not to assign the lands of the petitiner to an extent of Ac.0.45 cents Sy.No.54/Part situated at Sirchelma village of Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District to others in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SURENDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 661 of 2009 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to assign the lands of the petitioner to an extent of Ac.0.45 cents in S.No.54/part situated at Sirchelma village of Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District to third parties by dispossessing the petitioner from her lands under the guise of the orders passed by the 2nd respondent in Case No.TWA2/546/2005 dated 28.9.2007 as confirmed by the 1st respondent in Case No.A4/LTR/42/2008 dated 20.10.2008, as arbitrary, illegal and violative of principles of natural justice. According to the petitioner, she is the owner, possessor and enjoyer of Ac.0-45 cents of land in S.No.54/Part, situated at Sirchelma village. Echoda Mandal, Adilabad District. While that being so, the 2nd respondent passed an order of eviction on 28.9.2007. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal before the 1st respondent. The 1st respondent passed an order confirming the order passed by the 2nd respondent. Therefore, this writ petition. Whereas, learned Government Pleader appearing for the official respondents submitted that against the order passed by the 1st respondent under Section 6 of the Act, a revision is maintainable before the Government; instead of filing the statutory revision, the petitioner has directly approached this Court. This was the objection taken by the learned Government Pleader on 21.1.2009, when the matter has come up for admission for the first time. Now the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has already filed a revision being aggrieved by the orders passed by the 1st respondent before the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Tribal Welfare Department and the same is pending. Though the revision is filed after filing of the writ petition, in the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the Secretary to the Government, Tribal Welfare Department, to take up the revision purported to have been filed by the petitioner on 22.1.2009 and dispose of the same within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, status quo as on today shall be maintained as to the possession of the petitioner. No order as to costs. C.V. RAMULU, J. Date: 27-01-2009. MVB.