THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.13227 OF 2007 DATED: 24-09-2007 BETWEEN Shaik Hasanabi, W/o. Allabasha, R/o. Peddanandipadu Village and Mandal, Guntur District. …PETITIONER AND The Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur District and another. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner submits that as against the order passed by the Tahasildar, Peddanandipadu Village and Mandal, Guntur District – second respondent in Rc.74/2007/A dated 30.04.2007 in resuming the land in an extent of Ac.2.62 cents in Sy.No.361/1B to Government custody on the ground that the said assigned land in favour of Sanka Venkatasubba Rao has been transferred in his favour in contravention of the provisions of Section 3 (1) and (2) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’), an appeal has been filed before the Revenue Divisional Officer on 29.05.2007. The grievance of the petitioner is that the first respondent has not disposed the appeal and the same is pending. 2. It is stated that the second respondent passed the impugned order on 30.04.2007 and the petitioner preferred an appeal before the first respondent on 29.05.2007. 3. If the appeal is filed within 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order of the second respondent, the appellate authority/RDO is directed to consider and dispose the appeal itself as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order without any undue delay. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J September 24, 2007 DSK