( 1 ) IN this writ petition the Order of the Joint Collector-cum- settlement Commissioner, Nalgonda dated 29-7-1998 passed under Section 19 of the displaced Persons (Compensation and rehabilitation) Act, 1954 is assailed.

( 2 ) THE petition has a long chain of events spreading over nearly half a century.

( 3 ) THE 1 st petitioner is the Co-operative society registered under the provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act comprising of small farmers. It was registered and formed for the purpose of espousing and safeguarding the rights of the members in respect of the small extents of lands held by them at Malkapur village, Choutuppal mandal, Nalgonda District.

( 4 ) IT is the case of the petitioner that malkapur village was an erstwhile Jagir village held by Jagirdar one Mirza Maqsood ahmed Khan. He used to collect the land revenue being Jagirdar from the members of the petitioner society and he did not have any rights except collecting the revenue from the members of the petitioner society on behalf of the State. The Government of hyderabad exercising the powers under section 172 of A. P. (Telangana Area) Land revenue Act, 1317-Fasli framed the rules published in