K. RAMACHANDRA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an application under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, for the issue of a writ of certiorari and for quashing an order of the Estates Abolition tribunal, East Godavari, in T. A. No. 1/66 dated 26-3-1968.

( 2 ) THE petitioner herein claims to be a ryot in respect of lands covered by R. S. Nos. 47,52/1 and 52/3 of an extent of about Ac. 59-00 which are post-settlement inam lands situated in Suryaraopet village, which formed part of the erst while Pithapura, Zamindari Estate, which was notified and taken over by the Government on 7-9-1949 under the provisions of the Madras Act, now the Andhra Pradesh, (Andhra Area) Estates Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act, Act No. 26 of 1948, (hereinafter called the Act ). The Assistant Settlement Officer, Anakapalli conducted a suo motu enquiry under Section 15 (1) of the Act in S. R. No. 15 (1) 2496/58, to determine the nature, history of the lands and to consider the claims of the land-holders for a Ryotwari patta. The land-holders claimed ryotwari patta under Section 12 of the Act on the foot-under Section 12 of the Act on the footing that they were their private lands. At a later stage in the sai

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