IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19151 of 2009 Between: 1 Bathula Venkata Subbaiah, S/o. Yallamanda and 21 others ..... Petitioners AND 1 Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District and another .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the petitioners: MR.NIMMAGADDA SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents: G.P.for Revenue The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.19151 OF 2009 ORDER: According to the petitioners, they have been allotted with small extents of land, i.e. each 3½ cents in Survey No.203/2A of Edugundlapadu Village of Maddipadu Mandal, Prakasam District in the year 1994 and since then they are in possession and enjoyment of the said house sites. However, on 19.02.2008, the Tahsildar, Maddipadu, passed orders of resumption under Section 4(b) of the Assignment Act stating that they have not constructed pucca houses. However, according to the petitioners, they have raised thatched sheds in the said lands and living therein. Be that as it may, it appears, aggrieved by the orders passed by the Tahsildar dated 19.02.2008, the petitioners have filed statutory appeals before the Revenue Divisional Officer, the first respondent herein. The grievance of the petitioners is that the stay applications filed along with the appeals are not disposed of till date and they apprehend dispossession from their lands. 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 obtained as on today as to the possession of the petitioners in respect of the lands allotted to them, during pendency of the appeals purported to have been filed by the petitioners before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J. 10th September 2009 Rns.