HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33270 of 2010 Date: 31.12.2010 Between : Addanki Mastan Rao. ….Petitioner And Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole & others. ….Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33270 of 2010 ORDER : This writ petition is filed seeking directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondent No.1 in not deciding the appeal pending on his file, pursuant to the remand order in D.Dis.No.3852/2000(D2), dated 21.06.2004, passed by the Joint Collector, Prakasam District, as illegal and arbitrary, with a consequential direction to the 1st respondent to decide the said appeal. Against issuance of pattadar passbooks with regard to the land covered by Sy.No.707/A of Kalavakuru village of Addanki Mandal in Prakasam District, respondents 2 and 3 have filed an appeal before the 1st respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO). The said appeal was rejected by an order, dated 30th March, 2000, vide orders in D.Dis.No.517/97. As against the same, respondents 2 and 3 herein have carried the matter in revision under Section 9 of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971, which is allowed and remanded by an order, dated 21.06.2004. The revisional authority, while setting aside the order of the RDO, directed him to consider the matter again within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the said order. In this writ petition, it is the grievance of the petitioner that inspite of such a direction, the appeal is not being disposed of by the RDO, pursuant to the remand order passed by the Joint Collector. I have perused the copy of the order passed by the RDO, Ongole, and also the order of the Joint Collector, Prakasam District. The Joint Collector, who is the revisional authority, as early as on 21.06.2004, has recorded a finding that the RDO has ignored some registered sale deeds while passing the orders, as such, directed him to consider the matter again and dispose it of within two months. In that view of the matter, there is no reason for keeping the appeal pending for this long time. As much as it is stated that the appeal is still pending consideration, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, with a direction to the 1st respondent-RDO to dispose of the appeal pursuant to the remand order passed by the Joint Collector, Prakasam District in D.Dis.No.3852/2000(D2), dated 21.06.2004, within a period of two months from today, by giving notice to the petitioner and all other affected parties. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 31st December 2010 ajr