G. YETHIRAJULU, J.

( 1 ) BOTH the appeals emanate from the judgment of a Single Judge of this court dated 13-11-1997 passed in WP. No. 2097 of 1997.

( 2 ) THE 1st respondent herein filed w. P. No. 2097 of 1997 under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of Mandamus directing the appellants to assign the land to an extent of Ac. 4-17 cents in Sy. No. 329 of Avilala Village, Tirupati Rural mandal, Chittoor District, in his favour in terms of G. O. Ms. No. 492, Revenue (Assignment-IV) Department, dated 25-5-1994.

( 3 ) THE averments made by the Writ petitioner in the affidavit of the writ petition are briefly as follows.

( 4 ) THE petitioner was granted Eksal lease (lease for one year) of the schedule land on 31-10-1974. It was renewed from time to time till Fasli 1387 (year 1976 ). The Eksal lease was not cancelled by any authority by the date of the writ petition. Ever since the grant of lease, he brought the land under cultivation by incurring considerable expenditure. He installed a filter point by spending Rs. 10,000/ -. The petitioner s father late Dr. Ramakrishna Rao approached the district Collector, Chittoor, to convert the said land as an assigned

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