IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24248 of 2008 Between: Inavolu Lakshmana Rao S/o.Narasimha Rao, Badrachalam, Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govet of A.P Social Welfare Department Rep.by its Prl Secretary Secretariat,Hyd 2 Tahasildar Mandal Revenue Office Bhadrachalam Khammam District 3 The Agency Divisional Officer Bhadrachalam Khammam District 4 The Addl.Agent to Govt and Project Officer I.T.D.A Bhadrachalam,Khammam District 5 R.Sesham Raju S/o.Bhimaraju Vijayawada C/o.Kshtriya Annadana Satram Bhadrachalam,Khammam District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.SUBBA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 24248 OF 2008 ORDER: 1. This writ petition has been ﬁled by Inavolu Lakshmana Rao, assailing the action of Tahsildar, Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Bhadrachalam in contemplating to dispossess him from the land in occupation pending the revision before the 1st respondent. 2. The petitioner claims to be the owner and possessor of 600 square yards comprising House bearing No. 6-1-1, 6-1-19 and 6-1-20 of Pokalavari Street, Bhadrachalam. Proceedings have been initiated against him on the ground that his possession is in contravention of Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. The primary authority conducted enquiry and found the possession of the petitioner over the land in dispute is in contravention of the provisions of A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970. The petitioner ﬁled appeal before the Additional Agent to the Government and the appeal ﬁled by him ended in dismissal. Thereupon, he ﬁled a revision before the 1st Respondent under Section 6 of the A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1979 on 6-10-2008. He also moved application seeking interim stay of the orders passed by the primary authority as conﬁrmed by the appellate authority. Pending the revision, the Tahsildar, Mandal Revenue Officer-2nd Respondent is contemplating to dispossess him. Hence, this writ petition. 3. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare received notice on behalf of the respondents 1 to 4. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for respondents 1 to 4. 5. The factual aspect of the petitioner ﬁling the revision before the1st respondent is not in dispute. 6. In that view of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st Respondent to consider the revision ﬁled by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders. There shall be status quo existing as on this day with regard to the possession of the land in dispute till disposal of the revision or stay application ﬁled by the petitioner, whichever is earlier. No order as to costs. ______________________________ Justice B. Seshasayana Reddy 6th November, 2008. KM THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 24248 OF 2008 6th November, 2008.