Judgment

PHUKAN, J.

( 1 ) C. A. 6731/1994. THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and order of the Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Writ Appeal No. 680/1992 dated 23/07/1992, confirming the order of the learned single Judge passed in W. P. No. 9846/1989 dated 16/06/1992 by which the writ petition filed by the appellants, was dismissed.

( 2 ) THE Mandal Revenue Officer, Golconda, representing the State of Andhra Pradesh, the first respondent, filed an application under S. 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) numbered as LGC 21 of 1988 in the Special Court under the Act (for short the Special Court ). The material allegation in that application was that the first appellant encroached upon the Government land to an extent of 5 acres in Survey No. 403/1, situated at Shaikpet village, Banjara Road No, 10, Hyderabad (for short the disputed land), made plots and sold them to respondents 2 to 15 before the Special Court who were treated as interested persons. It was alleged that as per the Government records plots Nos. l1, 12 and 13 in Survey No. 403/1 of Shaikpet village were unrecognised p