( 1 ) THIS writ petition is directed against the order passed by the District revenue Officer (Respondent No. 2) in I. A. No. 1/89 dated 5-3-1991 allowing the appeal filed by the first respondent against the order of the Revenue Divisional Officer (Respondent No. 3) in A. I. A. C. No. 1/89 dated 9-6-1989 and remanding the proceedings to the third respondent for fresh disposal.

( 2 ) A short but an important question of law of general importance which arises for consideration in this writ petition is whether the validity of an order made by the Tahsildar under Sec. 3 of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into ryotwari) Act, 1956 (Act No. XXXVII of 1956) shortly referred to as the act , to be specific in this case, a finding of fact that certain lands were not held by an institution can be permitted to be questioned in a collateral proceedings before the authorities exercising power under Sec. 10-A of the Act. An incidental question which arises out of the main question is whether the original or appellate authorities exercising power under sec. 10-A of the Act can go beyond the finding of fact recorded by the Tahsildar in his order made