JUDGMENT

Abhay Manohar Sapre, J.

1) This appeal by certificate is filed by the plaintiff against the final judgment and order dated 28.10.2011 of the High Court of Judicature, Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Appeal Suit No.4141 of 2003 whereby the High Court allowed the appeal preferred by the defendants (respondents herein) and reversed the final judgment and decree dated 22.09.2003 of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Narasaraopet in Original Suit No. 98 of 1998.

2) In order to appreciate the issue involved in the appeal, which lies in a narrow compass, it is necessary to state few relevant facts taken from the appeal paper books.

3) The appellant is the plaintiff whereas the respondents are the defendants in the civil suit out of which this appeal arises.

4) The subject matter of this appeal is an agriculture land measuring Ac.13.38 cents in Survey No. 436 and Ac. 9.38 cents in Survey No. 826 (total land-22 acres 76 cents) situated in -Agnigundala Village of Ipur Mandal, District Guntur Andhra Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the "suit land”).

5) The appellant owned several acres of agriculture lands, which also included the suit land. The Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling