THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20555 of 2009 Dated: 24.09.2009 Between: Bandi Padmavathi. .. Petitioner. And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna District, And another. .. Respondents. ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that the land admeasuring Ac.0.20 cents in R.S.No.286/13 situated at Yarlagadda village, Challapally Mandal, Krishna District, was assigned to her on 31.03.1992 by the then Mandal Revenue Officer, Challapally Mandal, Krishna District, and since then, she has been cultivating the same. While so, in pursuance of the orders of the Government and instructions issued by the Collector, Krishna District, verification of the assigned lands in Challapally Mandal have been taken up by the 2nd respondent- Tahsildar, Challapalli, and, ultimately, under the provisions of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, the 2nd respondent issued proceedings dated 28.06.2007 directing resumption of the land in question alleging that the same was transferred in contravention of the provisions of the Act. The petitioner contends that, after 15 years of assignment of the land in question in her favour, the 2nd respondent, without issuing any notice and without affording any opportunity to her, issued the resumption orders, but however, aggrieved by the said resumption orders, she filed statutory appeal, along with stay petition, before the 1st respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna District, on 02.09.2008. The grievance of the petitioner is that till date, no orders are passed either on the stay petition or in the appeal filed before the 1st respondent against the orders dated 28.06.2007 of the 2nd respondent, and pending the said appeal, the 2nd respondent is trying to dispossess her from her land. In the facts and circumstances of the case and as the petitioner is stated to have been in possession and enjoyment of the land assigned to her for more than 15 years, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to maintain status quo as to the possession of the petitioner over the land in question i.e. land admeasuring 0.20 cents in R.S.No.286/13 situated at Yarlagadda village, Challapally Mandal, Krishna District, during pendency of the appeal purported to have been filed by the petitioner on 02.09.2008 before the 1st respondent against the orders dated 28.06.2007 of the 2nd respondent. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 24.09.2009 v v