THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1748, 1774, 1796 and 1798 of 2010 COMMON ORDER: The Tahsildar, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, respondent No.2 herein, initiated proceedings against the petitioners in this batch of writ petitions under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act”). On receipt of notices, the petitioners submitted their explanations. Taking the same into account, Respondent No.2 passed individual orders, dated 27.11.2007, directing resumption of the lands mentioned therein from the petitioners. It is stated that the petitioners filed individual appeals before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam, respondent No.1 herein, under Section 4-A of the Act, together with an application for stay. Their grievance is that respondent No.1 did not pass any orders on the application for stay so far and that in the meanwhile, respondent No.2 is trying to dispossess them. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioners availed the statutory remedy of appeal under Section 4-A of the Act. In case they are dispossessed from the land even while the appeals are pending, the very remedy would become nugatory. Hence, the writ petition are disposed of, directing that the individual orders, dated 27.11.2007, passed by respondent No.2 against the petitioners shall remain suspended during the pendency of the appeals before respondent No.1. The latter shall expedite the hearing of the appeals and dispose of the same within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt: 02.02.2010. Note: Issue cc in three days. (B/o) kdl