THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.32699 of 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, petitioners seek a mandamus declaring the action of the second respondent – Joint Collector, Prakasam District at Ongole, in not disposing of the application filed for grant of interim order and the revision petition in proceedings No.Rc/D2/2878/2010 filed against the order, dated 24.07.2010, passed by the third respondent – Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners were issued pattadar passbooks and title deeds with regard to land of an extent of Ac.1.10 cents each in Survey No.11 of Chimakurthy Village and Mandal, Prakasam District. Questioning issuance of such pattadar passbooks and title deeds in favour of the petitioners, the fifth respondent herein carried the matter before the third respondent - Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District, under Section 5(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’). The third respondent by order, dated 24.07.2010, passed in Rc.C/1376/2009, allowed the appeal and ordered cancellation of pattadar passbooks and title deeds issued in favour of the petitioners. It is stated that as against the same, the petitioners carried the matter in revision before the second respondent – Joint Collector, Prakasam District at Ongole, under Section 9 of the Act and the same is numbered as Rc/D2/2878/2010. It is the grievance of the petitioners that although they have filed application along with the revision, seeking interim orders, the second respondent is not considering the same, as such, they have come up with the present writ petition. Whether the petitioners are entitled to interim orders in the application filed along with the revision, or not is a matter to be considered by the revisional authority. In view of plea of the petitioners that the application filed by them is pending consideration for grant of interim orders in the revision filed against the order, dated 24.07.2010, passed by the third respondent, I deem it appropriate to direct the second respondent to dispose of the application filed by the petitioners in the pending revision, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is needless to observe that before considering such application filed by the petitioners seeking interim orders, the second respondent shall issue notice of hearing to the petitioners as well as the fifth respondent and decide the same. It is made clear that the second respondent shall decide the matter independently on its own merits. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 27th DECEMBER, 2010. kvni