SEETBARAM REDDY, J.

( 1 ) IN this batch of four Civil Revision Petitions common questions of law Which are not only important but rather complex, do arise. This complexity is reinlorced by the fact that varied views have been expressed in a catena of decisions by tbis Court, which apparently seemed to be conflicting and one is likely to be led into a labryntb. No wonder our learned brother jayacbandra Reddy. J. , despite the fact that he being a party to one of the division Bench Judgments m M. Pocham vs. Agent, State Government wherein some respects the points raised out being quite disimilar to the one raised herein, felt and very rightly so in our view that points raised in this batch may be decided by a Division Bench and therefore has chosen to refer the matter to a Division Bench.

( 2 ) THE facts in brief are the revision petitioners who are holding agricultural lands, were required to declare their holdings for determination as to whether they have any surplus land within the meaning of the Andhra Pradesh land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricutulral Holdings) Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the ceiling Act ). The petitioners, being the owners of certain extents of lands and

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