THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.597 OF 2008 DATED: 24-01-2008 BETWEEN M. Maseehulla Khan, S/o. Moulvi Hasan Khan, Occ: Cultivation, R/o. 61/32, Gandhi Bazar, Rayachoty, Kadapa District and another. …PETITIONERS AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary To Revenue Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioners submit that pursuant to the notice of the Tahsildar, Rayachoty in RC.No.386-100-06 dated 28.04.2007 issued in Form – II under Rule (3) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’) calling upon them to submit explanation within 15 days i.e. on or before 12.08.2007 as to why they shall not be dispossessed on the ground that there is violation of sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Act. Petitioners further submit that they got filed an explanation through a counsel on 18.08.2007 and even before the explanation is considered and final orders are passed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Act by the Tahsildar, Rayachoty, their possession is sought to be interfered with. 2. Learned Government Pleader submits that pursuant to the said notice no final orders have been passed so far and that the respondents have not at all interfered with the possession of the petitioners. 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondents are directed not to interfere with the possession of the petitioners until final orders are passed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Act by the fourth respondent. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J January 24, 2008 DSK