THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 28590 of 2010 O R D E R: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare. The Special Deputy Collector, Bhadrachalam passed orders in his proceedings in LTR Case No. 329/2006/PNB against the writ petitioners herein on 21.01.2007 ordering their ejectment from out of the land of an extent of Ac.25.33 guntas in Survey No. 254/6 of Lingagudem Village, Penuballi Mandal, Khammam District. It is not in dispute that against this order of the Special Deputy Collector, Bhadrachalam, an appeal is provided to the Additional Agent to the Government and Project Officer, I.T.D.A., Bhadrachalam, Khammam District under Section 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation Act, 1959. The writ petitioners have asserted that such an appeal had been preferred and along with the appeal, an interlocutory application was also moved seeking stay of the operation of the orders of the Special Deputy Collector, Bhadrachalam dated 21.01.2007. The appeal filed by the petitioners in C.M.A.Nos. 208 and 217 of 2007 have been dismissed by the 2nd respondent by a common order dated 28.08.2010. Aggrieved by the orders passed by the 2nd respondent, the writ petitioners preferred a revision on 29.09.2010 before the Government – 1st respondent along with an interlocutory application. It is asserted that the Government of Andhra Pradesh is so preoccupied with other pressing works and consequently, is not in a position to take up the revision preferred and no interlocutory orders could be obtained by the writ petitioners. In the meantime, the Special Deputy Collector and his subordinate officers are threatening the writ petitioners to vacate from out of the scheduled land. Therefore, the present Writ Petition has been instituted. Once a revision is preferred to the Government, it is only expected that it will be attended to at the earliest convenient time. If the revision itself cannot be decided, the interlocutory application moved by the parties seeking urgent interim orders could be attended to in the meantime. It is no doubt true that the Government is preoccupied with more pressing and important public functions, but that is no justification for not entertaining the revisions pending before it. In these set of circumstances, I consider it appropriate to direct the Government to entertain, hear and decide the revision preferred against the orders of the Additional Agent to the Government dated 28.08.2010 within six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the status quo existing as of now with regard to possession be maintained. It is, however, open to the Government to independently consider the interlocutory application moved by the writ petitioners herein and decide the same even before it decides the revision preferred to it. With this, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. No costs. ------------------------------------------ (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 19th November 2010 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}