THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.451 of 2009 ORDER: The 1st petitioner is the wife and the 2nd petitioner is the son of late Srirambhatla Kistaiah. The 3rd respondent is the wife and respondents 4 to 6 are the sons of late Narsaiah. Kistaiah and Narsaiah are brothers. Respondents 4 to 6 filed an application before the Tahsildar, Manthani Mandal, 2nd respondent herein for mutation of the property standing in the name of Narsaiah in their favour. Acting on the same, the 2nd respondent passed an order on 26.11.2008. The petitioners contend that a family settlement took place between Kistaiah and Narsaiah in the year 1967, wherein the land in Survey Nos.19 and 96 was allotted to the share of Kistaiah and that respondents 3 to 6 do not have any right over the land. They preferred an appeal before the 1st respondent against the order passed by the 2nd respondent. An application for stay was also filed. The grievance of the petitioners is that the 1st respondent has not passed any order of stay so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government pleader for Revenue. The petitioners availed the remedy of appeal under the provisions of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattedar Pass Books Act, 1971. To protect their rights during the pendency of the appeal, they filed an application for stay. Unless the 1st respondent passes an order on the stay application, the very purpose of filing the appeal is likely to be defeated. The applications of this nature cannot be kept pending indefinitely. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to pass appropriate orders on the application for stay filed by the petitioners, along with the appeal against the order passed by the 2nd respondent on 26.11.2008, after issuing notices to the contesting parties, within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 20.01.2009 JSU THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.451 of 2009 Date: 20.01.2009 JSU