HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W. P. NO : 20691 of 2009 DATED 24.09.2009 Between: Mohd. Ahmed Abraruddin Quraishi and others ..... PETITIONERs AND 1. Metropolitan Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Dev. Authority 2. The Estate Officer. .....RESPONDENT(S) O R D E R:- Aggrieved by the orders dated 24.08.2009 passed by the 2nd respondent-Estate Officer, directing the petitioners to vacate their houses constructed in various extents of land in Sy.No.40 situated in Bomruknoddowla village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Range Reddy District, on the ground that the premises in question are in unauthorized occupation, the petitioners filed the present writ petition seeking to quash the impugned orders and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with their possession and enjoyment of the properties in question. The learned Standing Counsel for Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority appearing for the respondents submitted that against the order passed by the Estate Officer, an appeal lies to the District Judge under Section (9) of A.P. Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1968 (for short “the Act”), and the petitioners, without exhausting the remedy of appeal, have filed the present writ petition, and the same is liable to be dismissed. Having heard the learned counsel for the both the parties and having regard to the fact that the petitioners, without exhausting the remedy of appeal available to them against the impugned orders of the Estate Officer, before the District Judge, under Section (9) of Act, have filed this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with the following directions: “The petitioners are directed to avail the effective alternative remedy of appeal available to them against the impugned orders, before the District Judge, under Section (9) of A.P. Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1968, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till the filing of the appeal by the petitioners, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by the parties. On such appeal being filed, the appellate authority, uninfluenced by the order of Status Quo granted by this Court, shall dispose of the same taking into consideration the material placed before him, in accordance with law.”. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 24th September, 2009 Note: Furnish copy in three days B/o bcj