HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.22664, 22667 and 22669 of 2010 Date 06.10.2010 W.P. No. 22664 of 2010 Between: Smt Farheen. ..... PETITIONER AND The Joint Collector, Sangareddy, Medak District and others. .....RESPONDENTS W.P. No. 22667 of 2010 Between: Mohd. Abdul Fareed. ..... PETITIONER AND The Joint Collector, Sangareddy, Medak District and others. .....RESPONDENTS W.P. No. 22669 of 2010 Between: Mohd. Mazar. ..... PETITIONER AND The Joint Collector, Sangareddy, Medak District and others. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners : None appeared Counsel for the Respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.22664, 22667 and 22669 of 2010 COMMON ORDER: All these three Writ Petitions raise identical issues of fact and law and, therefore, they are heard and being disposed of together. The petitioners in these Writ Petitions assailed the endorsements made by respondent No.1, whereby he has refused to entertain the appeals filed by the petitioners under Section 24 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) against the orders of respondent No.2 granting Occupancy Right Certificate (ORC) in favour of unofficial respondents. A perusal of the impugned endorsements shows that respondent No.1 has declined to adjudicate on the validity or otherwise of the orders of respondent No.2 on the ground that the dispute appears to be civil in nature and he has accordingly advised the petitioners to seek redressal in a competent Civil Court. In my opinion, this action of respondent No.1 does not conform to the duties assigned to him by the statute as the appellate authority. It is obligatory for respondent No.1 to entertain the appeals and decide the matters on merits. Instead of doing the same, respondent No.1 has abdicated his appellate power and relegated the parties to the Civil Court. The manner in which respondent No.1 has disposed of the appeals can neither be appreciated nor sustained. The impugned endorsements are accordingly set aside. The matters are remanded to respondent No.1 for disposal on merits after giving notice and opportunity of hearing to the petitioners and unofficial respondents. Subject to the above observations, the Writ Petitions are allowed. As a sequel to disposal of the main petitions, WPMP.Nos.28890, 28894 and 28896 of 2010 filed by the petitioners for interim relief are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:06.10.2010 usd