THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.8107 OF 2011 DATED 28TH MARCH, 2011 BETWEEN P.Kanthamma …Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Assignment) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.8107 OF 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the inaction on the part of the Government of Andhra Pradesh in disposing of her revision petition filed against the order dated 03.03.2010 passed by the Commissioner (Appeals), Office of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, confirming the order dated 31.12.2007 of the Joint Collector, Chittoor District, cancelling the patta granted to her. The petitioner’s assignment patta was cancelled in exercise of power under Board Standing Order (BSO) 15(18). The petitioner claims to have filed a further revision before the Government on 03.04.2010 under BSO 15(18)(3). The complaint presently is that the Government, having entertained the said revision, has not passed orders either on the stay petition or in the revision petition. Time and again, this Court has observed that statutory authorities seized of quasi-judicial functions are required to act with promptitude and impartiality in discharge thereof and pass appropriate orders in cases pending before them expeditiously. The normal practice resorted to by such authorities is to sleep over the matter constraining the aggrieved litigant to approach this Court for interim protection pending the statutory remedy. This is not in keeping with the scheme underlying the hierarchy of remedies provided in the statutes facilitating a multi-tiered adjudication process thereby obviating unnecessary litigation at the higher level. The present case is yet another example of the somnolent attitude on the part of statutory authorities in discharging quasi-judicial functions. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, being the revisional authority under the BSO 15(18)(3) and having entertained the petitioner’s revision against the order of the Commissioner (Appeals), Office of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, as long back as in April, 2010, has not chosen to pass orders till date either on the stay petition or in the main revision petition. Such delay inevitably leads to loss of confidence in the system and is counter productive to the rule of law. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of directing the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the first respondent, to take up the petitioner’s stay petition or the main revision petition, as the case may warrant, and dispose of the same after giving due opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, by way of a reasoned order. This exercise shall be completed expeditiously and in any event not later than two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 28TH MARCH, 2011. Note: Issue C.C. in two days. B/O VGSR/PGS