HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 16500 OF 2010. DATED 15th February, 2011. BETWEEN Maganti Lakshmi Vara Prasad …Petitioner and State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its District Collector,WG District, at Eluru and ors ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 16500 of 2010. ORDER: The petitioner has impugned the order dated 5.6.2010 passed by the second respondent, vide which, D-form patta issued in favour of the petitioner was cancelled and the land to an extent of Ac.1.00 cents in RS.No. 1098/1 of Pedavegi village was restored to the original assignee—fourth respondent. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the order under challenge is violative of the principles of natural justice and paragraph 17 of the BSO 15. He further submits that the second respondent did not issue any notice inviting objections nor did he conduct any enquiry before passing the impugned order. On the other hand, the learned Govt. Pleader for the respondents submits that the orders passed by second respondent are revisable before the District Collector and hence, the present Writ Petition is not maintainable. After hearing the learned Counsel appearing for the parties and having gone through the case file, it is clear that against the order under challenge, statutory revision lies before the District Collector and as the petitioner has not availed the statutory alternative remedy, the present Writ Petition is not maintainable. The petitioner, if so advised, may prefer revision against the impugned order before the first respondent. In case revision is filed, then question of limitation may be considered sympathetically by the revisional authority as the petitioner has been pursuing his remedies before this Court. It is made clear that till the stay application filed by the petitioner along with the revision is taken up for hearing, status quo as existing today with regard to possession of the subject land shall be maintained. Subject to the above, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------ -- JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 15th February, 2011 Msnro