ALLADI KUPPUSWAMI, J.

( 1 ) 1. As the Special Deputy Collector, adilabad had reason to believe that the transfer of immovable property of an extent of Ac. 9-15 in Survey No. 48 in kopargadh village. Utnoor Taluk, Adilabad District was made in contravention of sub-sec. (1) of sec. 3 of Andhra pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer regulation, 1959 (referred to in this judgment as the Regulation), a notice was issued to the petitioner to show cause why he should not be ejected from the said land. The petitioner objected to such ejection contending that the first respondent herein who was a tribal entered into an agreement with the petitioner on 15-2-1963 whereby he agreed to sell the land to the petitioner for a sum of rs. 1,000/ -. That amount was paid on that day itself and possession was taken from the first respondent. Thereafter, a regular registered sale-deed was executed on 24-3-1965 The Regulation was extended to the Telangana area only on 1-12-1963. As the petitioner had obtained possession under an agreement of sale long before that day, there was no contravention of the provisions of sec. 3 of the Regulation and he could not be evicted

( 2 ) THE Special Deputy Collector held

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