P. KODANDARAMAYYA, J.

( 1 ) THE Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Revenue Records, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad , as the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority made this reference under Sec. 57 of the Indian Stamp Act 2 of 1899 (hereinafter called the Act ). The reference is in the following terms. Whether the document Ex. B. 4 should be levied under Article 48 of Schedule 1-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. The facts, leading to the reference are briefly as follows :-

( 2 ) ONE Potta Appalaraju, owner of lorry A. P. S. 2486 approached this court and obtained a direction in a writ petition that the District Panchayat Officer should release his lorry seized by the said officer on condition that the lorry owner should execute a personal bond for a particular sum and a third party also should execute a bond giving immovable property as security for a like sum. In pursuance of the said order, one Manda Suryakanthamma executed the security bond in question agreeing that"in case the lorry owner Sri Potta Appalaraju fails to produce the lorry A. P. S. 2486 before the said District Forest Officer, Flying Squad Division, Vizianagaram, whenever occasion arises and whenever the said D. F. O

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