IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16862 of 2008 Between: 1 D. Geeta, W/o. Somasekhar Reddy R/o. Rettapally Village, Chillakur Mandal, Nellore District. 2 Donthala Anil Kumar Reddy, S/o. O. Venugopal Reddy, R/o. Rettapally Village, Chillakur Mandal, Nellore District. 3 Donthala Balakrishna Reddy, S/o. Ramlinga Reddy, R/o. Rettapally Village, Chillakur Mandal, Nellore District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Andhra Pradesh, at Hyderabad. 3 The Joint Collector (Revenue-Inams), Sri Pottisree Ramulu Nellore District. 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudur, Sri Pottisree Ramulu Nellore District. 5 The Tahsildar, Chillakur Mandal, Sri Pottisree Ramulu Nellore 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, direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, Declare the inaction on the part of the 2nd respondent in considering the Suspension Petition in the appeal ﬁled by the Petitioners against the orders of the 3rd respondent vide D.Dis(E10) 5691/2006 Dt. 3-1-2008 amounts to erroneous, arbitrary and violative of Art. 14, 19, 21 and 300(A) of Constitution of India and consequently set aside the orders of the 3rd respondent passed in D.Dis(E10) 5691/2006 Dt. 3-1- 2008. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.C.KRISHNAN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the residents of Rettapalli Village, Chillakur Mandal, Nellore District. It is stated that their ancestors purchased an extent of Ac.592.00 of land in the year 1955 under registered sale deeds and subsequently, the property was divided between the joint family members in which the petitioners herein got Ac.24.00 each. Pursuant to their application, after conducting necessary enquiries, the revenue authorities have granted pattadar passbooks and title deeds in their favour in respect of the said lands. While so, the Joint Collector, Nellore on a suo moto enquiry held that since the petitioners have not obtained ryotwari pattas from the competent Tahsildar, the lands are vested with the Government and accordingly cancelled the pattas earlier issued to them. Assailing the said orders dated 3.1.2008, the petitioners preferred a revision under Section 14(A) of the Record of Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act before the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad along with an application seeking suspension of the orders passed by the Joint Collector. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they preferred the revision petition along with an interlocutory application in the month of March, 2008, so far no orders are passed either in the revision petition or in the interim application and on the other hand the Tahsildar is trying to dispossess them. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the main writ petition is taken up for ﬁnal disposal at the admission stage itself. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue submits that since the petitioners revision is pending consideration before the Chief Commissioner, instead of this Court going into the merits of the matter, the revisional authority may be directed to dispose of the revision itself, to which the learned counsel for the petitioners also agreed. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, the 2nd respondent herein is directed to pass appropriate orders either in the revision petition ﬁled by the petitioners herein against the orders passed by the Joint Collector dated 3.1.2008 or on the interlocutory application expeditiously and till such time, status quo obtaining as on date shall be maintained. With the above direction the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________ N.V.RAMANA,J DATE: 5.8.2008 msv .... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Andhra Pradesh, at Hyderabad. 3 The Joint Collector (Revenue-Inams), Sri Pottisree Ramulu Nellore District. 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudur, Sri Pottisree Ramulu Nellore District. 5 The Tahsildar, Chillakur Mandal, Sri Pottisree Ramulu Nellore District. 6 2 CCs to Govt.Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. 7 2 CD copies.