THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.24342 of 2011 ORDER: Inaction of the third respondent in not disposing of the appeal preferred by the petitioner in file No.7780/1995, consequent upon its being remanded by the second respondent in his proceedings dated 01.09.2008, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being arbitrary and illegal. The second respondent, by proceedings dated 01.09.2008, set aside the order of the third respondent dated 12.01.2006 in so far as the petitioners’ were concerned, and remanded the matter back for conducting an enquiry afresh after verifying the pre- abolition record and to take action, under the provisions of Section 11 of the Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (for short ‘the Act’), after giving the petitioners an opportunity to submit their evidence in support of their claim. The petitioners’ grievance is that, despite the order of remand, no enquiry has so far been conducted. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Andhra and Rayalaseema Areas), on instructions, submits that the matter is still pending consideration with the third respondent. Since the order of remand is dated 01.09.2008, and more than three years have elapsed since then, I consider it appropriate to fix a time frame within which the third respondent will conduct an enquiry, and take further action, under Section 11 of the Act. The Writ Petition is disposed of directing the third respondent to conduct an enquiry afresh, in terms of the order of the second respondent dated 01.09.2008, and take action, under Section 11 of the Act, after giving the petitioners’ an opportunity to submit evidence in support of their claim, within a period of three months from today. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:09.09.2011 usd