CHANDRA REDDY, CJ.

( 1 ) THE appeal and the writ petition involve a question as to the ownership of lands situated in R. S. Nos. 11 and 12 of Amrithalingampeta, an estate village in Eluru taluk, West Godavari district, and the parties are the same. The appellant in W. A. No. 159 of 1957 invoked the jurisdiction of this Court in W. P. No. 822 of 1956 for the issue of a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents, the State of Andhra Pradesh represented by the Secretary, Public Works Department, the District Collector and the Additional Chief Engineer (Irrigation) not to give effect to the G. O. Ms. No. 1973, dated loth July, 1956, relating to Thallamudi pumping Scheme, in the following circumstances. The appellant is a ryot in the village in question. He claimed that he was entitled to a ryotwari patta in respect of what he called an integrated farm of an extent of 230 acres abutting the northern bank of the Krishna-Eluru canal. To the north of these lands, there is a large area of about 400 acres in which the ryots of Thallamudi village are interested. These ryots were making representations to Government for sanctioning a scheme whereby water could be pumped from the canal and

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