JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) IN all these cases the question that arises for consideration is: what is the meaning to be given to the words "personally cultivates" occurring in Section 3 (t) of the A. P. Agricultural Indebtedness (Relief) Act vii of 1977 (hereinafter referred to as act VII of 1977 )?

( 2 ) SECTION 3 (t) of Act VII of 1977 defines small farmer and reads thus :" small farmer means a person whose principal means of livelihood is income derived from agricutural land and who holds and personally cultivates, or who cultivated as a tenant or sharecropper or mortgagee with possession, agricultural land which does not exceed in ex ten u (i) in the case of persons other than members of the Scheduled tribes, one hectare, if it is wet, or two hectares, if it is dry; (ii) In the case of the members of the Scheduled Trioes, two hectares, if it is wet, or four hectares, if it is dry but does not include any person whose annual household income, other than from agriculture exceeds one thousand and two hundred rupees in any two years within three years immediately preceding the commencement of this Act. Explanation : For the purposes of computing the extent of land under this cla

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