( 1 ) THIS writ petition is directed against the order-dated 28-4-2000 made in L. G. C. No. 85 of 1996 on the file of the Special Court constituted under A. P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 (for short, the Act ). The writ petitioner is the respondent in the l. G. C.

( 2 ) THE 2nd respondent herein viz. , Kasula Raghumani, filed the above LGC in the special Court for declaration of title and for recovery of possession of the land to an extent of 1102 Sq. yards equivalent to 922 sq. metres comprised in Sy. No. 63/2 of sankeswar Bazaar, Saidabad village and mandal of Hyderabad (the then Charminar mandal), (hereinafter referred to as the schedule land ), by declaring the writ petitioner as the land grabber and to punish him under the provisions of the Act. The said application filed by the 2nd respondent herein was allowed by the Special Court holding that the petitioner herein is a land grabber within the meaning of the Act and directing him to vacate the schedule land within a period of two months from the date of the order and also directing prosecution of the petitioner for the offence of land grabbing as provided under the Act. Hence this writ petition by