P. RAMACHANDRA RAJU, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner is the owner having possession of an extent of Ac. 4-77 cents of land of Muppinavarigudem (Nagavaram Mutha), hamlet of Buttayagudem, buttayagudem Mandal, West Godavari District. The said land originally was a part of Gutalat estate. Thonam Ramudu and Juttuga Subbaiah were cultivating this land. Zamindarini granted patta to the said cultivators on 1-7-1905. They partitioned the land between themselves and Ac. 4-77 cents of land has fallen to the share of Thonam Ramudu. After his death, his wife narasamma conveyed the said land to the father of the petitioner under all gift deed dated 9-3-1943. The petitioner s father cultivated the land during his life time and executed a gift deed on a stamped paper bequeathing the said land as marriage gift (Pasupukunkuma) to the petitioner. From 27-4-1995 the petitioner has been in continuous possession and enjoyment of the said land. In fact, the Special Deputy Collector (T. W), K. R. Puram on the complaint of the Special Deputy Tahsildar (T. W.) II, K. R. Puram enquired into the matter under Section 3 (2) (a) of A. P. Scheduled Area Land Transfer Regulation of 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970,

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