IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.5550 of 2008 Between: Smt. Nasireddy Savitramma @ Savitri, W/o. late Lali Reddy, R/o. T. Kothagudem Village, Pinapaka Mandal, Khammam District. ...PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Additional Agent to Government & Project Officer, I.T.D.A., Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 3 The Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 4 The Tahsildar, Pinapaka Mandal, Khammam 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 or direction preferably Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing appropriate orders either on the stay petition or on the revision itself filed on 21-1-2008 against the order of 2nd respondent dt. 18-8- 2007 in C.M.A. 69/2005 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st respondent to consider and dispose of the stay petition or the revision itself within a reasonable time and further direct the respondents or their subordinate staff not to dispossess the me from possession and enjoyment of the property in Sy.No. 41/A, 41/AA, 41/E, and 42/A measuring an extent of Acs. 0-16, 0-14, 0-14 and Acs. 1-31 gts respectively total measuring Acs. 2-35 gts situated at Veerapuram Village of Pinapaka Mandal, Khammam District, pending disposal of the revision on the file of the 1st respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.5550 of 2008 ORDER: This Writ Petition has been filed by Smt.Nasireddy Savitramma @ Savitri assailing the inaction of the first respondent in a revision presented by him against the order passed in C.M.A.No.69 of 2005 dated 18.08.2007. Proceedings have been initiated against the petitioner under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Areas) Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 read with Regulation 1 of 1970 (‘the Regulation’ for brevity) on the allegation that he purchased the property in contravention of the Regulation 1959 read with Regulation 1 of 1970. After due enquiry, the primary authority declared that the transfer of the property in favour of the petitioner is in violation of the Regulation 1959. The petitioner filed C.M.A. before the Additional Agent to Government, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District-second respondent. The said C.M.A. ended in dismissal on 18.08.2007. He invoked the revisional jurisdiction of the first respondent and presented a revision and also an application seeking interim relief. Since the revision and the application seeking interim relief have not been taken up by the revisional authority, the petitioner choose to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for respondents 1 to 4. The grievance of the petitioner is that the revision and also the application seeking interim relief are not considered by the revisional authority and whereas, the primary authority is proceeding with resumption of the land. Such is the situation, I deem it appropriate to grant status quo till the interim application filed by the petitioner before the revisional authority is entertained. The first respondent shall dispose of the revision as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two {2} months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is dismissed. _______________________ (B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J) 11th June 2008 RRB