THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.21308 OF 2007 DATED: 11-10-2007 BETWEEN T. Masthanaiah, S/o. Siddaiah, R/o. Peumalapalli Village, Tirupathi Rural Mandal, Chittoor District. …PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner submits that the Tahsildar, Tirupathi Rural Mandal, passed an order in proceedings No. R.Dis (D) 873/2007 dated 17.09.2007 resuming the land of an extent of Ac.1.87 cents in Sy.No.446 A situated at Pudipatla Village, Tirupathi Rural Mandal, Chittoor District, under Section 4(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’) for contravention of Section 3 of the Act. He further submits that aggrieved by the said order he preferred an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer along with an application for grant of stay on 09.10.2007. 2. As the statutory appeal filed on 09.10.2007 under Section 4-A(1) of Act is pending, the second respondent is directed to consider and dispose the appeal and pending disposal of the appeal, status quo obtaining as on today with regard to possession shall be maintained. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J October 11, 2007 DSK