IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 10611 of 2009 Between: Gadde Gopala Krishna Murthy S/o. Nagabhushanam R/o. Kanchikacherla Village and Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Collector, Krishna at Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer & Sub Divisional Magistrate, Krishna at Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 The Tahsildar, Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ of direction preferably writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in considering of the stay petition or revision itself filed on 23.05.2009 against the order of the 2nd respondent dated 25.02.2009 confirming the order of eviction order passed by the 4th respondent dt. 10.02.2007 is illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st respondent to consider and disposes of the stay petition or revision itself without a reasonable time and grant such other relief Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN} HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION No.10611 of 2009 ORDER: Heard both sides. 2. At the request of both the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the writ petition itself is taken up for disposal. 3. The main grievance of the petitioner is that the inaction on the part of the 1st respondent in disposing of his stay petition filed before him even though the main appeal is pending. Hence, the present writ petition. 4. In the aforesaid circumstances, I am of the view that it is not necessary to go into the merits of the case and it would be suffice in the interest of justice to direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal itself expeditiously. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal within a period of three months from the date of this order and pending disposal of the appeal, there shall be stay of operation of the orders of the 2nd respondent dated 25-02-2009. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ May 28, 2009 Kvr/Amd