Chinni Subba Rao, the writ petitioner, filed the present writ petition praying for the issuance of a writ, order or direction one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the first respondent-the Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, in entertaining the representation of fourth respondent, Kotha Bala Veeraiah, as revision petition being illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and further prayed for declaration that the proceedings in Memo No.36560/Endts IV(1)/2007-1 dated 12.07.2007 as illegal, arbitrary, void and to set aside the same and also pass such other suitable orders.

2. This Court issued rule nisi on 05.09.2007. Counter affidavits of respondent Nos.1 to 3 and respondent No.4 had been filed. With the consent of the counsel on record, the writ petition itself is taken up for final hearing.

3. Sri M. Radha Krishna, the learned counsel representing the writ petitioner had taken this Court through the contents of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the respective stands taken in the counter-affidavits of R1 to R3 and R4 as well and would maint