IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17146 of 2008 Between: 1 Desireddy Sudhakar Reddy S/o.Yella Reddy Naravandlapalle Kalikiri Mandal Chittoor District 2 Desireddy Raja Reddy S/o.Gangi Reddy Naravandlapalle Kalikiri Mandal Chittoor District 3 Desireddy Narasimha Reddy S/o.yella Reddy Naravandlapalle H/o.Kalikiri Reddivaripalle, Kalikiri Mandal Chittoor District 4 Pothu Ramachandra Reddy S/o.Narayana Reddy Main Road, Chinna Thippa Samudram,Madanapalle Mandal Chittoor District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Joint Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madanapalle Chittoor District 3 The Tahsildar, Valmikipuram Mandal Chittoor District .....RESPONDENTS 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 a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of mandamus holding the action the 3rd respondent in ordering resumption of land in S.No.1089/2 an extent of Ac.6.74 cents of Thatigunta Palli H/o.Moorevandla Palli, Valmikipuram Mandal, Chittoor District by his proceedings D.Dis.No.B/1017/.2007 dated 28.1.2008 and as conﬁrmed by the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Madanapalle by his proceedings D.Dis.No.(B1)/810/2008 dated 27.6.2008 as illegal, arbitrary, and against to G.O.Ms.No.1142 Revenue Department dated 18.6.1954 and set aside the same and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.D.KODANDARAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: It is the case of the fourth petitioner that he had purchased the land in Sy.No.1089/2 of Thatiguntapalle village, Valmikipuram Mandal, Chittoor District, from petitioners 1 to 3. The fourth petitioner states that the land he had purchased is not an assigned land. Thereafter, the third respondent-Tahsildar, vide proceedings dated 28-01-2008, passed orders resuming the land in Sy.No.1089/2 of an extent of Ac.6.74 of Thatiguntapalle village. Against which, the petitioners preferred a revision to the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Madanapalle, who by order dated 27-06-2008 conﬁrmed the resumption orders and directed the second respondent-Tahsildar to take possession of the land along with structures. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners preferred an appeal along with stay petition to the ﬁrst respondent-Joint Collector, who by order dated 01-08-2008, rejected the stay petition. Hence the writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request, the writ petition itself is being disposed of at the admission stage. The ﬁrst respondent while admitting the appeal ﬁled by the petitioners rejected the stay petition. Since an appeal is pending consideration before the ﬁrst respondent-Joint Collector, it would be appropriate to direct the ﬁrst respondent to dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the ﬁrst respondent to dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible and till then, the respondents shall not take steps to evict the petitioners from the land in question. _________________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:25-08-2008 Usd To 1 The Joint Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madanapalle Chittoor District 3 The Tahsildar, Valmikipuram Mandal Chittoor District 4 Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.