IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17465 of 2008 Between: Vemula Sita Ramaiah S/o. Venkataswamy, Rep. by GPa Vemula Sambaiah, S/o. Venkataswamy, Aged: 60 yrs, Agriculture, R/o. Kesavapatnam, Sunnapubatti Post, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Director of Servey, Settlements & Land Record, Govt. of A.P. Survey Bhavan, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad-29 2 Settlement Officer-cum-Sub-Collector, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 3 Tahsildar, Dummugudem Mandal, Dummugudem, Khammam District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the actions of the respondents illegal and to direct the respondents not to evict the petitioner from the land in Sy.No. 63/2 extent of Ac. 6-25 cents situated in Chinanallaballi Village, Dummugudem mandal, Khammam District pending disposal of the appeal AP 5/2008/A2 on the file of the Director of Settlements, Hyderabad and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.KAMESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 17465 of 2008 Oral order: The petitioner states that as against the order dated 17.08.2007, passed by the 2nd respondent, namely the Sub Collector, Bhadrachalam, he preferred appeal along with application for stay of his eviction from the land in question before the 1st respondent, namely the Director of Survey, Settlements and Land Record, and the same having been registered as Appeal No. 5/2008/A2, is pending. While the said appeal is pending, it is the case of the petitioner that the respondents are trying to evict them from the land in question, which action of the respondents, the petitioners contends runs counter to the orders issued by the Government in Memo No. 892/J2/80-3, dated 17.07.1980 whereunder the District Collectors were requested to issue instructions to all the Tahsildars not to evict such of the claimants whose cases are pending before the Settlement Officers for grant of ryotwari pattas. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent, namely the Director of Survey, Settlements and Land Record, Hyderabad, is directed to consider and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the orders of the 2nd respondent, expeditiously, and till the appeal filed by the petitioner is disposed of, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by the parties. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 14th August, 2008. KSR ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI}