IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16162 of 2008 Between: 1 Chunchu Janardhan, S/o. Raja Mogili, R/o. Konur Village, Dharmaraopet Village, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District. 2 Chunchu Malleswari, W/o. Chundhu Janardhan, R/o. Konur Village, Dharmaraopet Village, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Joint Collector, Adilabad. 2 The Tahsildar, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District. 3 Kotte Rajaiah, S/o. Bheemaiah, Dharmaroapet Village, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad 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 a direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Joint Collector, Adilabad in not disposing of the appeal and stay petition filed by the petitioners in appeal No.D4/TA/1655/2007 as being arbitrary, illegal and unreasonable and issue a consequential direction directing the first respondent to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioners . Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents 1&2.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners stating that they purchased the land in Sy.No.56 which is a private patta land from the land owners through registered sale deeds in the year and thereafter they were also issued with pattadar pass books and title deeds under the provisions of the A.P.Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Book Act, 1971. Subsequently, their names were also mutated in the revenue records. While the matters stood thus, the impugned order dated 26.11.2007 is passed by the Tahsildar restoring possession in favour of the unofficial respondents by removing the petitioners. Aggrieved by the same, they preferred a statutory appeal before the Joint Collector, Adilabad, the 1st respondent herein under Section 90 of the A.P. (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 along with an application seeking stay of the proceedings of the Tahsildar. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they preferred the appeal and the stay petition more than six months back, the Joint Collector has neither granted stay nor disposed of the appeal and on the other hand, the Tahsildar is taking steps to dispossess them from the subject matter of land. Hence this writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself. Admittedly, the appeal filed by the petitioners against the orders of the 2nd respondent – Tahsildar is pending before the 1st respondent – appellate authority. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the 1st respondent - Joint Collector is directed to pass appropriate orders either on the stay application or in the main appeal expeditiously and till then 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 Dt.25.7.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Joint Collector, Adilabad. 2 The Tahsildar, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District. 3 2CCs to Govt.Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. 4 2CD copies