( 1 ) THIS Writ Appeal is directed against the order of the learned Single Judge dated 12-2-1999 made in W. P. No. 13933 of 1998 and it is filed by the Special deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), rampachodavaram, East Godavari District, the Special Deputy Tahsildar (Tribal welfare), Rajavommangi, East Godavari district and the Mandal Revenue Officer, rejavommangi, East Godavari, the appellants 1,2 and 3 respectively. The 1st respondent herein filed the above writ petition praying for the following relief:". . . . . the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in entertaining l. T. R. P. Nos. 110/96,19/97 and 88/97 as illegal, without jurisdiction and barred by res judicata under Rule 8 of the Agency Rules and consequently direct respondents 1 and 2 to drop all further proceedings in this regard. "the learned Single Judge having opined that the L. T. R. P. Nos. 110/96,19/97 and 88/97 filed before the Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Rampachodavaram, East godavari District, are not maintainable in view of the earlier order made by his predecessor in office on an application filed by Kalimkota Rajulamma, the 2nd respondent herein (4th respondent in the writ petition), allowed the writ petition.

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioner (1st respondent herein) as stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition be summarized briefly as under: The lands i. e. , sy. Nos. 244/2 admeasuring Ac. 1-03 cents, s. No. 244/1 admeasuring 0-78 cents, 244/8 admeasuring 1-08 cents situate in rajavommangi village, E. G. District (hereinafter referred to as schedule lands ) were acquired by the father of the petitioner after obtaining required permission from the then Assistant Agent to the Government in the year 1940 and since then the petitioner s father, and after his demise, the petitioner has been in possession and enjoyment of the schedule lands. At the instance of the 2nd respondent, L. T. R. P. No. 688 of 1979 was instituted before the Special Deputy collector (Tribal Wealfare), against the petitioner for restoration of the schedule lands. The 1st appellant after necessary enquiry, dismissed L. T. R. P. No. 688 of 1979. Aggrieved by the said order, the 2nd respondent filed appeal C. M. A. No. 75 of 1980 to the Agent to the Government. The agent to the Government, by his order dated 3-9-1984, allowed the appeal and directed restoration of the schedule lands to the 2nd respondent. Against the said order of the Agent to the Government, the 1st respondent herein filed W. P. No. 13847 of 1984 in this Court and this Court quashed the above order of the Agent to the government by its order dated 22-8-1985. Against the said order of the learned Single judge, W. A. No. 32 of 1984 was preferred and that was also dismissed by the Division bench of this Court on 3-2-1994 and the said order was allowed to become final.

( 3 ) THE 2nd respondent, again, filed l. T. R. P. No. 110/96 before the 1st appellant seeking redelivery of the schedule lands on the ground that some new facts had come to her notice with regard to the schedule lands. Smt. Cheedipalli Tutayya s/o Nookaraju, the third respondent herein, filed a petition before the 2nd appellant herein seeking restoration of the lands measuring in all ac. 9-25 cents in S. Nos. 44/2, 44/3, 244/3, 244/5,244/12 and 244/13 of Rajavommangi village. The same was taken on file by the 1st appellant as L. T. R. P. No. 19 of 1994 (sic. 1997 ). The first appellant, after conducting necessary enquiry, dismissed L. T. R. P. No. 19 of 1994 on 30-6-1994 and that order had become final. Again, the 3rd respondent herein filed L. T. R. P. No. 88 of 1997 before the 1st appellant seeking the above same relief. Thus, the 2nd appellant filed the above noted L. T. R. P. Nos. 110/96, 19/97 and 88/97 on behalf of respondents 2 and 3 herein. In the premise of the above facts, the 1st respondent herein filed the a