IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 9714 of 2008 Between: 1 Kansukuri Kumari W/o. Nagaraju R/o. isuka Darsi Village, Martur Mandal, Prakasam Dist. 2 Kunchala Kondaiah s/o. Kondaiah R/o. isuka Darsi Village, Martur Mandal, Prakasam Dist. 3 Shaik Hussain S/o. Davulsaheb R/o. isuka Darsi Village, Martur Mandal, Prakasam Dist. 4 Shaik Basoora W/o. Abdul Basha R/o. isuka Darsi Village, Martur Mandal, Prakasam Dist. 5 Esupagu Sujatha W/o. Pedachandraiah R/o. isuka Darsi Village, Martur Mandal, Prakasam Dist. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 3 The Tahsildar, Martur ( V&M ), Prakasam Dist .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 2nd Respondent to dispose of the Appeal No.RCD 1623/2007 filed by the Petitioners and others in the month of February, 2007 as arbitrary , illegal and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently directi the 2nd Respondent to dispose of the Appeal No.RCD 1623/2007 pending before him filed by the petitioners and other within a time frame and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 9714 of 2008 Order: As against the granting of house site pattas in Survey No. 335/2 of Isuka Darsi village, by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Martur, to 99 ineligible persons, the petitioners state that they preferred Appeal being No. RCD 1623 of 2007, under BSO-15, Para-15, before the 2nd respondent, namely the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District, along with stay petition in the month of February 2007, but till date no orders thereon have been passed, and pending disposal of the said appeal, the persons, who were granted assignment pattas, are trying to make constructions in 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 2nd respondent, namely the Revenue Divisional officer, Ongole, Prakasam 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 such time, status quo obtaining as today shall be maintained by the parties. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 29.04.2008 Ksr/Nsr