THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos.5054, 5055, 5057 and 5058 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners in these four writ petitions, being aggrieved by the proceedings dated 31.08.2007 passed by the Tahsildar, Nizamabad, in each of their cases directing resumption of their lands on the ground that there was violation of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, and the rules made thereunder, filed appeals before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Nizambad Revenue Division, Nizambad. It is the case of the petitioners that though the orders passed against them were dated 31.08.2007, the same were not communicated to them and they were constrained to obtain copies thereof in January, 2011, upon interference by the revenue authorities with their possession and enjoyment over the subject lands. Admittedly, the petitioners filed appeals against the orders dated 31.08.2007 only in February, 2011. It is their grievance that though their appeals and the stay applications filed therein were pending, the revenue authorities were trying to dispossess them from their lands on the basis of the orders dated 31.08.2007, which are the subject matter of their pending appeals. Hence, they approached this Court by way of the present writ petitions. As the stay applications filed by the petitioners in their appeals before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Nizamabad Revenue Division, Nizamabad, are still pending, this Court does not deem it appropriate to go into the merits of the case. The petitioners would necessarily have to exhaust their statutory remedies before seeking the intervention of this Court in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction. The writ petitions are accordingly disposed of directing the Revenue Divisional Officer, Nizamabad Revenue Division, Nizamabad, to forthwith take up the stay applications filed by the petitioners in their appeals and dispose of the same in accordance with law, after giving due opportunity of hearing to all the parties concerned. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR 01.03.2011 Note: Communicate operative portion of the order by wire at party’s costs B/o v v/ksm