IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 18174 of 2008 BETWEEN: 1 K. Ramanna, S/o. Kappala Subbanna, R/o. Pedda Kotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Anantapur District. 2 K. Kondanna, S/o. Kappala Subbanna, R/o. Pedda Kotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Anantapur District. 3 K. Sreeramulu, S/o. Kappala Subbanna, R/o. Pedda Kotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Anantapur District. 4 K. Narayana Swamy, @ narayanappa S/o. Kappala Subbanna, R/o. Pedda Kotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Anantapur District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, Anantapur district. 2 The Tahsildar, Tadimarri Mandal, Ananthapur District. 3 T.Veera Naramma, W/o. Kristappa(late) R/o. Pedda Kotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Anantapur District. 4 T.Pedda Chennappa, S/o. T.Narayana (late), R/o. Pedda Kotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal, Anantapur 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 issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent not granting sty against impugned Proceedings of the 2nd respondent made in R.Dis.74/B/08, dated 05-07-2008 and respondents are trying to dispossessing the petitioners from the land in Sy.No.204-3 an extent of Ac.5-15 cents situated at Peddakotla Vilalge, Tadimarri Mandal Anantapur District, is illegal arbitrary and Violation of principles of natural justice and violation of Article 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents notto dispossess the petitioners from the land in sy.No.204-3 an extent of Ac.5-15 cents situated at Peddakotla village, Tadimarri Mandal, Ananthapur District the and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.ASWARTHA NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioners seeks a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent in not granting stay against impugned Proceedings of the second respondent made in R.Dis.74/B/08 dated 05-07-2008 and that the attempt of the respondents in trying to dispossessing them from the land in Sy.No.204-3 an extent of Ac.5-15 cents situated at Peddakotla Vilalge, Tadimarri Mandal Anantapur District, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct the respondents not to dispossess them from the land in Sy.No.204- 3 an extent of Ac.5-15 cents situated at Peddakotla village, Tadimarri Mandal, Ananthapur District. 2. Petitioners submit that as against the order of the Tahsildar, Tadimarri Mandal, in R.Dis.74/B/08 dated 05.07.2008 directing to restore the possession of the land of an extent of Ac.5.15 cents situated in Sy.No.204-3 of Peddakotla Village, Tadimarri Mandal in favour of the legal heirs of the original assignee, they have filed an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram under Section 4-A of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act 9 of 1977 along with an application to grant stay on 28.07.2008. They further submit that pursuant to the appeal filed before the RDO, remarks were called for from the Tahsildar, Tadimarri vide R.C.1509/2008/B dated 31.07.2008. The grievance of the petitioners is that neither the appeal nor the stay application has been disposed of. 3. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the first respondent is directed to dispose of the stay application pending appeal filed against the order of the Tahsildar, Tadimarri, dated 05.07.2008 in R.Dis.74/B/08 as expeditiously as possible, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after giving reasonable opportunity to all the concerned. However, pending disposal of the stay application status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J August 21, 2008 DSK