CHANDRA REDDY, C. J.

( 1 ) THE meaing and effect of section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Inams Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act (XXXVII of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the Act) is the subject of discussion in these Writ petitions. This Act was passed in the year 1956 to abolish and convert certain inam land into ryotwari lands. Section 3 of the Act empowers the concerned Tahsildar to decide whether a particular piece of land within his jurisdiction is an inam land and, if so, whether it is held by any institution It is section 4 of the Act that provides the machinery for abolition of the inam lands and converting them into ryotwari lands. By virtue of this section, every holder of an inam, be it in a ryotwari or a zamindari village, is entitled to a ryotwari patta.

( 2 ) TAHSILDARS of the various parts of the Andhra area started enquiries contemplated by section 3 cf the Act. We are here concerned only with inams that form the subject-matter of the present enquiry. At the enquiry concerning these inams, rival claims were put forward by the institutions and certain persons claiming to be either as persona] grantees or as service holders in the particular temp

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