THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.26310 OF 2009 DATED: 03.12.2009 Between: Mudireddy Kanthamma .. Petitioner And The District Collector, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the official respondents. Petitioner claims to be the absolute owner of the land admeasuring 0.19 gts. in Sy.No.4 situated at Tripuraram Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District, having purchased the same from the original inamdars namely Vallapudasu Peda Khasim and Hussain, under simple sale deed dated 10.06.1973 followed by a registered sale deed dated 21.02.1974. It is the case of the petitioner that, as she came into possession of the subject land by 01.11.1973, the date on which the inam lands were declared to be vested with the Government under the provisions of A.P. (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955, she is entitled for grant of Occupancy Rights Certificate for the subject land and, therefore, she submitted an application to the 2nd respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Miryalguda, on 29.09.2008, for grant of Occupancy Rights Certificate. It is her further case that though the 2nd respondent is competent to consider her application, he forwarded the same to Tahsildar, Tripuraram, and the said Tahsildar issued a memo on 26.11.2008 rejecting her claim on the ground that the 3rd respondent was already issued the Occupancy Rights Certificate for the subject land on 02.04.1994, and thereupon, she preferred a statutory appeal before the 1st respondent- District Collector, Nalgonda, seeking to direct the 2nd respondent to issue Occupancy Rights Certificate in her favour, by canceling the one issued in favour of the 3rd respondent. It is her grievance that the 1st respondent, having received her appeal on 21.01.2009, has not passed any orders so far. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 1st respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal purported to have been filed by the petitioner, which was received on 21.01.2009, in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 3rd December, 2009. IBL