A. R. LAKSHMANAN, J.

( 1 ) LEAVE granted. This case has a chequered history. This is the sixth in series of litigation between the State of A. P. and the respondents herein. Both parties are in the legal battle field fighting for the five decades. The facts leading to filing of these appeals by the State are tell tale. They are required to be noticed in detail. The lis between the State of A. P. and the respondents centers around a piece of land admeasuring acres 3-27 guntas situated in Khairatabad village in Hyderabad District. As rightly pointed out by the High Court the dispute that began prior to Hyderabad State attained its freedom still awaits its final resolution. Brief facts are as follows:-

( 2 ) SURVEY No. 116 of Khairatabad village is admeasuring 55 acres classified as poramboke sarkari Government land. Prior to sub-division conducted in favour of Smt. Prameela Modi, four nos. were sub-divided and assigned survey nos. : sy. No. Extent (Areas)116/2 Ac. 6. 01 gts Raja Ram Dev116/3 Ac. 5. 00 gts Moulvi Farhatullah116/4 Ac. 7. 35 gts Pingali Venkat Ram Reddy116/5 Ac. 6. 35 gts Rama Krishna Reddy

( 3 ) IN view of the discrepancy in the survey nos. Smt. Prameela Modi approached