IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18793 of 2004 Between: Illa Veera Swamy, S/o Kovvadaiah, Hindu, R/o L.N.D. Puram, Polavaram Mandal, W.G. District. ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector -cum-the Agency to the Government, West Godavari District, Eluru. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondent to dispose the Appeal No. --/2003 within a time bound programme, declaring the inaction as illegal and ultra vires to the provisions of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India besides being violative of the mandatory provisions of Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 R/w Reg. 1/1970 and the Rules framed thereunder on the subject from time to time Counsel for the Petitioner:DAMARAJU VENKATA MUDHUSUDHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: The gravman of the complaint in this writ petition is that the appeal filed by the petitioner before the respondent has not yet been disposed of nor fixed any date for such disposal. Hence, the petitioner seeks appropriate direction to the respondent. Learned Government Pleader has expressed no objection to fix time for the disposal of the appeal said to have been filed by the petitioner. Having considered the submissions made by both the learned counsel, I deem it appropriate to direct the respondent to dispose of the appeal said to have been filed by the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY,J Dated:13-10-2004 GJ To 1. The District Collector -cum-the Agency to the Government, West Godavari District, Eluru. 2. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Social Welfare, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 3. Two C.D. copies.