( 1 ) THIS writ petition is directed against the judgment and order dated 18. 8. 1998 passed in LGC No. 82 of 1996 on the file of the Special Court constituted under Andhra Pradesh Land grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 (for short the Act ). The petitioner who is the 1st respondent in the above LGC is held to be a land grabber within the meaning of that term as defined under clause (d) of section 2 of the Act. By the impugned order, the petitioner-1st respondent is directed to vacate and deliver vacant possession of the applicant schedule land to the applicant viz. , V. Hari Shankar, who is the 2nd respondent in this writ petition within a period of two months.

( 2 ) THE background facts of the case be stated briefly as under: The 2nd respondent-applicant filed L. G. C. No. 82 of 1996 under Section 8 of the Act for declaration that the writ petitioner is a land grabber in respect of the applicant schedule land, for his eviction and recovery of possession thereof. The case of the applicant is that one Ramulu was the owner of Plot no. 32 ad measuring 328 Sq. yards carved out of the land comprised in Sy. Nos. 758, 759, 763 to 767 of Uppal Kalan village, uppal Mandal a