IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 14481 of 2008 Between: G. Shankar Reddy S/o Narayan Reddy R/o Malkapur Village, M.r. Karimnagar, karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 The Tahsildar, karimnagar Mandal, Karimnagar, Karimnagar 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, more particularly a Writ in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent herein in not passing orders on the petition to suspend the operation of orders in B1/1665/2008 dated 24-6-2008 of the 2nd respondent herein filed along with Memorandum of Appeal in L./2816/08 dated 1-7-2008 as arbitrary, illegal and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.V.NARAYANA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the writ petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself. This writ petition is filed stating that aggrieved by the orders dated 24.6.2008 passed by the Tahsildar, Karimnagar Mandal, the 2nd respondent herein to the effect that the land in an extent of Ac.3.39 guntas situate in S.No.321 of Malkapur Revenue Village, MR Karimnagar, Karimnagar District will be taken into government custody on the ground that the petitioner violated the provisions of Section 3 of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer, the 1st respondent herein on 1.7.2008 along with an application seeking suspension of the order passed by the Tahsildar, but so far no orders are passed and on the other hand, the authorities are trying to dispossess the petitioner from the subject matter of land. In the circumstances, since the petitioner has already preferred an appeal before the 1st respondent against the orders passed by the 2nd respondent, without going into the merits of the matter, the 1st respondent is directed to pass appropriate orders on the interim application filed by the petitioner along with the main appeal expeditiously and till such time, status quo obtaining as on date shall be maintained. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. N.V.Ramana.J Dt.8.7.2008 Note: Furnish CC by tomorrow (B/o) msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 The Tahsildar, karimnagar Mandal, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 3 2CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. (OUT) 4 2CD copies