MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) PETITIONERS seek a writ of Mandamus compelling the respondents 1 to 3 to allot either agricultural lands or house sites in the vicinity and proximity of the twin cities having the same value and utility as that of the lands which were taken away and acquired from them by the Govt. in the year 1964, if necessary, out of the lands available with them or by acquiring lands from others under any land acquisition proceedings.

( 2 ) PETITIONERS 1 to 6, the deceased husband of the 7th petitioner and the deceased father of the 8th petitioner are allottees of lands under the scheme known as the Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave Sarvodaya Bhoo Yagna Scheme . The allotment was effected in the year 1956 by distribution of pampini Patrams assigning the lands to these persons and the allottees were also put in physical possession of the allotted lands. Petitioners 1 and 2 were allotted Ac. 4-00 of land each and petitioners 3 to 6 and Pallati Chittari and Gaddam Balaiah were allotted Ac. 3-00 of land each. On such allotment, the beneficiaries made those lands cultivable by spending huge amounts. They have also sunk wells for converting these lands into cultivable lands.

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