IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24956 of 2007 Between: 1 Penumatchya Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Raju, S/o. P. Venkata Raman Raju, r/o. Pallipalem, Kajulur Mandal, East Godavari District. 2 Penumatchya Venkata Rama Raju, S/o. Laxmi Pathi Raju, r/o. Pallipalem, Kajulur Mandal, East Godavari District. 3 Penumatchya Venkata Narasimah Murthy Raju, S/o. Laxmi Pathi Raju, r/o. Pallipalem, Kajulur Mandal, East Godavari District. 4 Penumatchya Laxmi Pathi Raju, S/o. Laxmi Pathi Raju, r/o. Pallipalem, Kajulur Mandal, East Godavari District. 5 Penumatchya Dasarada Rama Krishna Raju, S/o. Laxmi Pathi Raju, r/o. Pallipalem, Kajulur Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P. Rep by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer -cum - Refors Tribunal – Amalapuram. 3 Thisladur, I. Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 a Writ, Order or direction, particularly a Writ in the nature of Mandamus declaring order in L.C.C. No. 1/MMD/2007 relating the land in Sy.Nos. 648, 649, 649 and 647 of an extent of Ac. 50-00 situated at Gogululank H/o. Guthenadeevi, I Polaram Mandal, East Godavari District by 2nd respondent as illegal, arbitrary, violation of principals of Natural justice, voilation Mandatary Rule 6 under the A.P. Land Records (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Rule 1974 and consequently set-said the same Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.G.SIMHADRI Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled to declare the order, dated 01.10.2007, passed by the second respondent- Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer-cum-Land Reforms Tribunal, Amalapuram relating to the land in Survey Nos.648, 649, and 647 of an extent of Ac.50.00 situated at Gogullanka, H/o.Guthenadeevi, I.Polavaram Mandal, East Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. According to their own admission, the petitioners have already preferred an appeal against the orders passed in LCC No.1/MMD/2007 by the Land Reforms Tribunal, the 2nd respondent herein along with a stay application and no orders are passed in the said appeal. Therefore, they seek a direction from this Court for the disposal of the said appeal. Even though the writ petition is ﬁled more than 10 months back and the matter underwent several adjournments, the learned counsel for the petitioners has not taken any steps to even number the writ petition and ultimately complied with the oﬃce objections on 2.9.2008 and got the writ petition numbered. If the petitioners are really interested in pursuing the matter, they ought to have taken suﬃcient steps either before the Appellate Authority or before this Court for adjudication of the matter at the earlier point of time. The attitude of the petitioners clearly indicates that they are really not interested in pursuing the matter. Hence, I see no reasons to entertain the writ petition and it is accordingly dismissed. N.V.RAMANA, J Dt.15.09.2008 va/msv