THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.6418 OF 2007 DATED: 09-04-2007 BETWEEN Sri Rudra Raju Narasimha Raju, S/o. Pullam Raju, Occ: Cultivation, R/o. P. Narayana Puram, Jeelugumilli (M), West Godavari District. …PETITIONER AND The Agent to the Government (Tribal Welfare), (The District Collector), West Godavari District, Eluru and two others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner submits that against an order of ejectment from the land in an extent of Ac.5.93 cents in R.S.No.36/5 situated at P. Ankampalem village of Buttaigudem Mandal, passed against him by the Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Polavaram, in S.R.No.66 of 2000 dated 29.01.2007, he preferred an appeal dated 14.03.2007 along with stay application before the Agent to the Government (Tribal Welfare), West Godavari District. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that the first respondent has neither disposed the stay application nor the appeal. Hence, he filed this writ petition seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent in not passing orders either in appeal or in stay petition against the order passed in S.R.No.66 of 2000 dated 29.01.2007 as illegal and arbitrary. 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the first respondent is directed to verify with regard to the appeal dated 14.03.2007 said to have been filed by the petitioner and dispose the said appeal as expeditiously as possible within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till the appeal is disposed of status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J April 9, 2007 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order by 11.04.2007 (B/o) DSK