THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20561 of 2009 Dated: 24.09.2009 Between: Adapa Pandu Ranga Rao. .. Petitioner. And The Tahsildar, Khammam (Urban) Mandal, Khammam District, And another. .. Respondents. ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. According to the petitioner, his father had purchased the land admeasuring Ac.2.20 gts. in Sy.No.192/4/A situated at Koyachelaka village, Khammam Urban Mandal, under an agreement of sale dated 27.06.1995, from his vendors Vankdoth Vasram and Bhukya Namkya, who, in turn, purchased the same under agreement of sale dated 02.03.1984 from Boiyina Veera Bhadram and Boiyina Venkati, the sons of original assignee Boiyina Suraiah, and that, after the death of his father, he inherited the aforesaid land and has been in possession and enjoyment of the same without any interference of whatsoever nature from anyone. Be that as it may, the 1st respondent issued proceedings dated 21.08.2009 stating that the original assignee Boiyina Suraiah has transferred the assigned land to an extent of Ac.3.05 gts. and Ac.1.35 gts. in Sy.Nos.192/21/P and 192/10/P respectively in Koyachelaka village, Khammam Urban Mandal, Khammam District, to one Bandarupalli Sreenivasa Reddy and Byereddy Sreenivasa Reddy, in contravention of the provisions of sub- section (2) of Section 3 of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977, and thereby, ordered to take possession of the said assigned land, after evicting the said Bandarupalli Sreenivasa Reddy and Byereddy Sreenivasa Reddy, and resumed to Government for public purposes. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the proceedings dated 21.08.2009 issued by the 1st respondent relate to the land to an extent of Ac.3.05 gts. and Ac.1.35 gts. in Sy.Nos.192/21/P and 192/10/P, but not to the land held by him i.e., Ac.2.20 gts. in Sy.No.192/4/A, the 1st respondent and his subordinates are trying to dispossess him from his land under the guise of taking possession of the land in Sy.No.192/21/P and 192/10/P, and therefore, he preferred an appeal, along with stay petition, before the 2nd respondent, but so far no orders are passed either on the stay petition or in the appeal, and on the other hand, the 1st respondent and his subordinates are trying to take possession of his land. Hence, this writ petition. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to maintain status quo as to the possession of the petitioner over the land in question i.e., Ac.2.20 gts. in Sy.No.192/4/A situated at Koyachelaka village, Khammam Urban Mandal, Khammam District, during pendency of the appeal purported to have been filed by the petitioner against the order dated 21.08.2009 of the 1st respondent. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 24.09.2009 v v