THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No :23164 of 2007 DATED:02-11-2007 BETWEEN: Alluri Estates Private Limited, Rep., by its Managing Director, A.Suryanarayana Raju, Plot No.35, Journalist colony, Road No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Revenue Divisional Officer, Bhongir Revenue Division, Bhongir, Nalgonda District & 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents 1 and 2; and the learned counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent. 2. Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not disposing of the ROR Appeal No.D/2364/2006 filed on 27-11-2006, as illegal, and arbitrary. 3. It is stated that the 2nd petitioner-Mandal Revenue Officer, Bhoodan Pochampally mandal passed orders in proceedings No.B/2727/2005, dated –03-2006, cancelling the entries in the revenue records in respect of Ac.147.08 guntas in exercise of the powers under Section 19(1) of the Bhoodhan Gramdhan Act, 1965 ( for brevity, ‘the Act’) and the Panchayat Secretary of Deshmukhi village, Bhoodhan Pochampally mandal directed to change the entries in the pattadar column of the current year pahani as Bhoodhana Kharji khatha for the survey numbers mentioned in the said annexure. It is stated that the concerned survey numbers relating to the petitioner herein are survey Nos.59, 61, 62, 63 total admeasuring Ac.71.15 guntas. It is stated that aggrieved by the said order petitioner filed an appeal before the 1st respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Bhongir Revenue Division on 27-11- 2006, and the appeal is also numbered as ROR.Appeal.B/2364/2006, but the said appeal is still pending. Hence, the present Writ Petition. 4. As the appeal has been filed in 2006 and petitioner makes allegations that in spite of his efforts the appeal has not been taken up and disposed of, and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, 1st respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Bhongir Revenue Divisiona is directed to dispose of the said ROR Appeal B/2364/2006 as expeditiously as possible after giving reasonable opportunity to all the concerned preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J 02nd November, 2007. Tsy