IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.32888 of 2010 Between: Sri Kamarajugadda Venkata Sri Krishna Murthy and another ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Debts Recovery Tribunal, Andhra Pradesh, 5th Floor, Hyderabad, and others .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.32888 of 2010 ORDER: (per HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED) This writ petition is filed seeking to set aside the order passed by the 1st respondent – Debts Recovery Tribunal in S.A.No.199 of 2010 dated 29.10.2010 and also a direction to the 2nd respondent-Bank not to proceed with the sale of property of the petitioner i.e. Flat No.3 (103), 1st Floor, Radha Enclave, Deendaya Nagar, Neredmet, Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad, admeasuring 647 sq. feet including common areas with proportionate undivided share of land admeasuring 17.00 sq. yards in premises No.29-1358/21 in plot No.19 & 21 situated at Deendayal Nagar, Neredmet, Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent-Bank at length. Perused the material available on record. 3. Without going into the merits of the matter, since the petitioner has a remedy of appeal before the Appellate Tribunal against the orders passed by the Tribunal and since as per Section 18 of the Act any person aggrieved by an order made by the Debts Recovery Tribunal under Section 17 of the Act may prefer an appeal to an Appellate Tribunal within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of the Debts Recovery Tribunal and since any action taken by the 2nd respondent-Bank in due course will become redundant, we deem it appropriate to direct status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by both parties till the expiry of appeal time so that in the meantime the petitioner can prefer an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal. 4. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ___________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J. _______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J. 28th December 2010 CVRK