Introduction

The background facts in all these writ petitions and the civil revision petition are same. The rival claim of the parties - be it petitioners or respondents; is in respect of the same land admeasuring about Acs.55.00 in Survey Nos.210 to 213, 221 to 225 (for the sake of convenience referred to hereinafter as schedule land) situated at Papayyaguda hamlet of Kuntloor village of Hayathnagar Mandai, Ranga Reddy District. The contentions raised and the documents relied on are almost the same. It is therefore expedient to pass common order.

Background facts:

2. The schedule land and other extents of land (total extent of 300 acres in same survey numbers) originally belonged to one Vakiti Pulla Reddy, husband of eighth respondent. After enactment of A.P. Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 (hereafter called, the Land Reforms Act), he filed declaration before the Land Reforms Tribunal (LRT), who is represented by the respondent No.15. He was declared surplus landholder and while doing so in accordance with Section 13 of the Land Reforms Act, land which was in possession of Gaddam Babaiah, Gaddam Somaiah and others, the protected tenants, was excluded be