T. Ch. Surya Rao, J.

The writ petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari for declaring the Judgment dated 28-6-2002 passed by the learned Special Court under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), Hyderabad, in L.G.C.No.53 of 1998 as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently to set aside the said judgment. The State is the writ petitioner.

2. The sole respondent herein filed the application in L.G.C. No.53 of 1998 against the State for declaration that he was the owner of the land in dispute and for directing the State to vacate and deliver the vacant possession of the same. The case of the applicant concisely was that the land in dispute ad measuring 358 square yards covered by plot No.6 is a part of bungalow No.146/A situate at Prenderghast Road, Secunderabad, in the layout of the Hyderabad Displaced Persons Co-operative Housing Society Limited (for short, the Society) was purchased from Sri V.M. Lalavani and others under a registered sale deed dated 24-12-1973. The vendors of the applicant purchased the same from one Smt. Nanki Bai under a registered sale deed dated 19-9-1970. She in turn