This writ petition, originally filed by Madamaneni Chinnaswamy, raised the issue of legality and validity of orders dated 10.11.1995, 16.06.2000 and 16.05.2001 passed by respondent No.2, the Revenue Divisional Officer, Chittoor and respondent No.1 respectively. The petitioner having died, pending the writ petition, petitioner Nos.2 to 8 were brought on record as his legal representatives. For convenience, the deceased original writ petitioner is hereinafter referred to as the petitioner.

The petitioner purchased an extent of Ac.0.63 cents in Sy.No.128/E of Govindareddipalle Village, Thavanampalle Mandal, Chittoor District under registered sale deed dated 06.11.1967 from Sri Venkatswamy, Rajamma, Govindaswamy and Gangulaiah. He also purchased another extent of Ac.2.18 cents in Sy.No.129/2 of the same village under registered sale deed dated 26.11.1974. While he had been in possession and enjoyment of the said lands, respondent Nos.3 to 6 approached respondent No.1 with representation dated 11.09.1995, which was evidently forwarded by respondent No.1 to respondent No.2 for taking action on the said representation. By the said representation, respondent Nos.3 to 6 sought for re