Vankdoth Gandhi v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos. 21037, 21042, 21051, 21058, 21072, 21085 and 21104 of 2016 COMMON ORDER:

These writ petitions are filed seeking issuance of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the Additional Agent to Government (Project Officer), ITDA, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, in not passing appropriate orders on the stay petitions or on the appeals filed against the orders passed by the Agency Divisional Officer/Revenue Divisional Officer, Kothagudem, Khammam District, as illegal and arbitrary.

It is stated that the forefathers of the petitioners were in possession of land situated in Usirikayalapalli Village, Singareni Mandal, Khammam District and the petitioners continued to be in possession of the said lands. It is their grievance that though the appeals along with stay petitions were filed against the order of Agency Divisional Officer/Revenue Divisional Officer, till date, no orders have been passed either in the stay petitions or in the appeals. It is also urged by the petitioners that the respondents are trying to take possession of the properties though the statutory appeals and stay applications are pending consideration. Learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare submits that if the appeals filed by the petitioners are still pending consideration, the respondents/appellate authority may be directed to disposal of the same, in accordance with law, at the earliest. In that view of the matter, the writ petitions are disposed of directing the appellate authority i.e., the Additional Agent to Government (Project Officer), ITDA, Bhadrachalam, Khammam

District, to dispose of the appeals filed by the petitioners, against the order dated 23.04.2016 passed in LTR Case No.3/2015/Singareni, if the same are still pending, as early as possible, preferably within a period of three (03) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the respondents shall not take any steps for dispossessing the petitioners from the subject properties. Miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, shall stand closed in the light of this final order. No order as to costs. _____________________ JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR 29.06.2016, gkv