THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO.24954 OF 1996 Between: 1.Smt.N.Vimala and two others …….Petitioners Vs. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kutbullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ………Respondent. Dt.05.09.2005 O R D E R: Petitioners filed this writ petition questioning the show cause notice issued to them on 14.11.1996 under Rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 1977. Since the petitioners state that they have submitted an explanation to the show cause notice and since a writ petition questioning the show cause notice will not generally be entertained, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to take into consideration the explanation submitted by the petitioners and dispose of the case as per the Rules after affording an opportunity being heard to the petitioners, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In the meanwhile, status quo obtaining as on today shall be continued till the disposal of the case. No costs. ____________________ C.Y.SOMAYAJULU J., Dt.05.09.2005 tjs