JAGANNADHA RAO, J.

( 1 ) ALL these cases arise under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural, Lands Act (Act 21 of 1950) (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). They raise questions concerning the rights of protected tenants and the statutory conferment of ownership rights on them under S. 38-E of the Act. In Chinnaboini Narsaiah v. Tahsildar, Mahaboobabad, Warangal District, (1979) 1 Andh WR (HC) 23 a Division Bench of this Court consisting of Madhava Reddy, J. (as he then was) and Narsinga Rao, J. had occasion to deal with S. 38-E and connected provisions of the Act. After the said judgement, the Legislature amended the Act by the Amending Act 2 of 1979. Subsequent to the said amendment to the Act, the same questions were again raised before another Division Bench of this Court in Chennaiah v. State of A. P. , (1982) 2 APLJ (HC) 376 consisting of K. Ramachandra Rao, J. (as he then was) and Sriramulu, J. In the order of reference now made to the Full Bench it is pointed out by the learned Judges that there is a conflict between the earlier judgement in Narsaiah s case and the latter judgement in Chennaiah s case rendered after the amendment and that is how the

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