P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, J.

( 1 ) NOTICING conflict of views in two Division Bench decisions in S. Narayana v. State of A. P. , (1990) 1 ALT 237 Y. Subba Reddy v. Commissioner of Endowments (1998) 1 ALT 579, the learned Judges who initially heard the appeals directed the Registrar to place the papers before the Hon ble Chief Justice for "constituting an appropriate Bench". The learned Chief Justice in turn has directed the cases to be placed before this Full Bench. Accordingly, the appeals have come up before us.

( 2 ) THE question posed by the learned Judges of the Division Bench at whose instance, the matter has been referred to the Full Bench is "whether S. 75 of the A. P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 prevails over the Andhra Tenancy Act or whether it is subject to the provisions of Andhra Tenancy Act?" The question as formulated above does not strictly arise in the instant case as we shall point out later. At the same time, we deem it necessary to consider the question of correctness of the decision of this Court in Y. Subba Reddy s case (1998 (1) ALT 579) (supra) so as to dispel any misconceptions as regards the applicability of the provisi

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