THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.8413 of 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the action of the1st respondent, in vacating the status quo order passed on 8.9.2004 by his order dated 5.3.2011, as arbitrary and illegal. Facts, in brief, are that the petitioners’ father is said to have been granted ryotwari patta on 30.3.1968 under Section 11(a) of the Estates Abolition Act, 1940. Thereafter, proceedings were initiated by the M.R.O questioning which certain writ petitions were filed and, eventually, the 1st respondent by order dated 9.9.2004 granted status quo with regards the order passed by the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Nellore. Nearly six and half years thereafter the 1st respondent suo motu vacated the interim orders of status quo granted by him earlier on 8.9.2004 aggrieved by which the present writ petition is filed. This Court, by order dated 30.3.2011, directed maintenance of status quo. Sri P.Sridhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, would submit that though the appeal itself is ripe for hearing before the 1st respondent, it has not been taken up for hearing only because of the pendency of the Writ Petition before this Court. Since the petitioners had an interim order of status quo ever since 2004, till it was vacated in March 2011, and thereafter pursuant to an interim order of this Court dated 30.3.2011, I consider it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal itself within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till final orders are passed by the 1st respondent, the interim order of status quo passed earlier, shall continue to remain in force. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. __________ 19-9-2011 Note: Issue C.C. in one week B/o asp