( 1 ) THE important questions which arise in this batch of writ petitions and the civil revision petitions, are whether the appellate authority, named in Section 20 of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) control Act, 1960, for short the Act, is persona designata; if so, whether the power of the High Court under Article 227 of the Constitution extends to transfer of the rent appeals from the file of persona designata to any of the Courts. The facts which give rise to these questions fall in a short compass and as they are common, I ll refer only to the facts is given in the affidavit accompanying writ petition No. 3204/86.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is the land lord. He filed R. C. No. 341/71 against the fourth respondent, the tenant, in the Court of the Rent Controller, Secunderabad, for eviction under Section 10 of the Act. The said RC was dismissed by the learned Rent Controller on 12-8-1981. The petitioner filed appeal, R. A. No. 420/81, in the Court of the Chief Judge, City Small causes Court, under Section 20 of the Act, which is pending. While so, the Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court, second respondent transferred a batch of rent appeals to the Court of the

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