IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 15320 of 2008 Between: 1 Kommineni Kutumba rao S/o Seshaiah Currency Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 Kanagala Venkateswra Rao S/o Ramakotaiah R/o Angalakuduru Village, Tenali Mandal, Guntur District. 3 Kakarla Siva Prasad S/o Venkatramaiah Vuyyuru Mandal, Krishna District. 4 Davu Bhagyalakshmi W/o Late Davu Mangaiah R/o Konkipudi Village, pedana mandal, Krishna District. 5 Gudavalli Rajendra Prasad S/o Satyanarayana R/o Prasampadu Village, Vijayawada, Krishna District 6 Rachakonda Venkateswarlu S/o Appaiah Venkateswarapuram, Labbipet, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 7 Koduru nagabhushanam S/o Lakshmaiah R/o Penamaluru Village, penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. 8 Chintalapati Kasi Viswapathi S/o Venkata Subbaiah R/o Ramarajunagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 9 Guduru Visweswara Rao S/o Ramaiah R/p Prodduturu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 10 Chimirama uma Maheswara Rao S/o Kotaiah R/o Penamaluru Village, Krishna District. 11 Boggineni narayan Vara Prasad S/o Ramaiah R/o Padamata, Vijayawada City, Krishna District. 12 Chandana Srinivasa Rao S/o Veera Raghavaiah R/o Mucharla, Krishna District. 13 Velagapudi Satyanarayana S/o Sreeramulu R/o Akanuru Village kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 14 Adusumilli Sri Sai babu S/o Seshadri R/o sBH Colony, Siddaradha nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 15 Koganti Jayalakshmi W/o Late Yelamanchili Gandhiji babu R/o Ramachandra Nagar, vijayawada City, Krishna District. 16 Katikala Raja bapanaiah S/o Gabriel r/o Krishna Nagar, Vijayawada, krishna District. 17 Annavarapu Satyavathi W/o Venkateswara Rao R/o Krishna Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 18 Pittala Ramachandra Rao S/o Venkateswara Rao R/o Krishna Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 19 Thalluri Ramadevi W/o late Naga Mouli R/o Mangalagiri, Guntur District. 20 Bommareddy Ravindra reddy S/o Late Nagi Reddy R/o Davuluru Village, kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 21 Kunapareddy Purnachander Rao S/o Kunapareddy Krishnamohan Rao R/o Davuluru Village, Kankipadu mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur Division, Guntur District. 2 The Tahsildar, Mangalagiri mandal, Guntur 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 issue a Writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent i.e., Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur Division, Guntur, to dispose of the Appeal dt 4- 12-2007 filed bythe petitioners U/s. 4-A of the A.P. Assigned lands (Prohibition of Transfers) act, 1977 on 4-12-2007 and consequently direct the 2nd respondent not to evict the petitioners from their plots admeasuring 215 sq. Yards each in Sy. No. 135/A of Atmakur Village, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District till the disposal of the appeal before the 1st respondent and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.RAJESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 15320 of 2008 Order: As against the order dated 02.11.2007, passed by the 2nd respondent, namely the Tahsildar, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, resuming the lands in question to the Government, the petitioners preferred an appeal, under Section 4-A of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, before the 1st respondent, namely the Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur, Guntur District, on 04.12.2007. While the said appeal is pending, the petitioners state that the 2nd respondent is trying to evict them from the lands in question. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent, namely the Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur, Guntur District, is directed to consider and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously. Till the disposal of the appeal, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 17.07.2008 Nsr