( 1 ) SUB-SEC. (1) S. 3 of Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (Act 9 of 1977) for short the Act reads :"3. Prohibition of transfer of assigned lands.- (1) Where before or after the of this Act any land has been assigned by the Government to a landless poor person for purposes of cultivation or as a house-site then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law for the time being in force or in the deed of transfer or other document relating to such land, it shall not be transferred and shall be deemed never to have been transferred; and accordingly no right or title in such assigned land shall vest in any person acquiring the land by such transfer. "the terms "assigned land" and "landless poor person" are defined in the Act by sub-sec. (1) and (3) of S. 2 as follows :" (1) "assigned land" means land assigned by the Government to the landless poor persons under the rules for the time being in force, subject to the condition of non-alienation and includes lands allotted or transferred to landless poor persons under the relevant law for the time being in force relating to land ceilings; and the word "assigned" shall be const