( 1 ) THE petitioner claims that he purchased a building bearing No. 8-2-616/1/b/3a, situated at Road No. 11, Banjara hills, Hyderabad under registered sale deed dated 18. 7. 1992 from Dr. P. Neena Desai. As per the sale deed executed by Dr. Neena desai in favour of the petitioner the land marked as Plot No. 3a is comprised in survey No. 129/69 situated at Road No. 11 of Banjara Hills, Hyderabad and the area is shown to be 940 square yards but in the preamble portion of the sale deed it is mentioned that the vendor of the petitioner purchased Plot No. 3a admeasuring 461 square yards in Survey No. 129/69 forming plot No. 5 from her vendor Devanand Singh. The petitioner alleges that, the land originally belonged to Md. Mirza, who sold the land in favour of Hasmath Raza in 1953, that after death of Hasmath Raja, his sons divided the property into house plots and sold Plot No. 3a to K. Srinivas Reddy under registered sale deed 22. 3. 1991, who inturn sold to Devanand Singh on 4. 7. 1984. The petitioner s vendor purchased the said plot No. 3a admeasuring 461 square yards under registered sale deed 9. 6. 1998, that since 1981, in all the sale deeds the area of plot No. 3a