THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.9604 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner purchased Ac.9.32 guntas of land in Sy.No.50/78 of Mucharla Village, Kandukur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. Alleging that the land was assigned, and the transfer in favour of the petitioner is hit by the provisions of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the POT Act’), the Tahsildar, Kandukur, the 3rd respondent herein, initiated proceedings under the Act. Through his order dated 15-10-2006, the 3rd respondent directed resumption of the land from the petitioner. The appeal preferred by the petitioner before the 2nd respondent was dismissed on 31-05-2008. The same is challenged in this writ petition. Smt. V. Dyumani, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the land was not assigned, at any point of time, and though voluminous record was placed before the 2nd respondent, he has not chosen to verify the same. She contends that the order passed by the 2nd respondent is laconic, and that none of the points urged by the petitioner were taken into account. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue, on the other hand, submits that the petitioner has to avail the remedy of revision under Section 4-A of the Act, before the Joint Collector, and the writ petition is not maintainable. This is not a case, where the petitioner alleges that the original proceedings, or the order of resumption, or the one in appeal, is passed without jurisdiction. Therefore, the writ petition cannot be maintained against the said orders, and an alternative remedy, in the form of revision, is provided for to the Joint Collector. Various contentions urged by the petitioner can certainly be repeated before the Joint Collector. The interests of the petitioner can be protected by staying the operation of the order of resumption, in case a revision is preferred, within four weeks from today. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to challenge the impugned proceedings by filing a revision under Section 4-A of the Act, before the Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District. In case the revision is presented within four weeks from today, the order of resumption, as confirmed in appeal, shall remain suspended, till the disposal of the revision. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.01-05-2009. KO