B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) IN this group of Letters Patent Appeals a common question arises for our consideration. It is to the following effect: "whether Section 100-A C. P. C. is retrospective and no Letters Patent appeal will lie against a judgment of a single Judge passed in an appeal from an original decree or order and whether all such of those Letters Patent appeals filed prior to 1-7-2002 alone are saved?"

( 2 ) WE have heard the learned counselfor the respective parties very elaborately on the above question. Having regard to the importance of the question, we have requested the learned Senior counsel Sri Chella Seetharamayya and sarvasri K. V. Satyanarayana and v. L. N. G. K. Murthy to assist the court as amicus Curiae. Sri J. V. Suryanarayana, the learned Senior Counsel and Sri Kodanda ram Murthy, advocates intervened in the debate and having regard to the importance of the question that falls for our consideration, we have permitted them to intervene and heard their submissions.

( 3 ) SINCE we propose to consider the solequestion relating to the maintainability of the Letters Patent Appeals we do not propose to refer the facts in any of the appeals before us.

( 4 ) IN

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