IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.13487 OF 2010 Between: Dana Bhai Patel .....PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.13487 OF 2010 ORDER: It is an admitted fact that the petitioner has already preferred a Revision Petition before the first respondent – District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, and has also moved an application for stay on 29.05.2010. No orders seem to have been passed on the said application. While so, the present writ petition is filed apprehending dispossession pursuant to the order of the appellate authority, which is the subject matter of the revision. In view of the pendency of the stay application filed by the petitioner before the revisional authority, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition. The extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be invoked to circumvent statutory remedies. The petitioner having already availed the statutory remedy of revision cannot simultaneously invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution for the purpose of stay orders. The Writ Petition is therefore not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. It is left open to the petitioner to pursue the stay application filed before the revisional authority. In the circumstances of the case, there shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR June 16, 2010 MD