The land in survey Nos. 123, 133, 134, and 142 of Mankhal Village Maheshwaram

Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. admeasuring about 60 acres was owned by Sri Janardhan Pershad, He sold the same in favour of Sri Amritlal and Jivanda Kotecha, through sale deed, dated 14-05-1965, Kotecha, in turn, sold the land in favour of Rameshchandra Mehta and 7 others, through sale deed, (Dated 23-04-1966, Respond9nts 4 to 8 are said to have purchased the land from Mehta and others under an unregistered document on 30-03-1988, One of the sons of Janardhan Pershad, by name, Bala Pershad, who was said to be minor In the year 1965, executed an agreement of sale, dated 19-09-1993, in respect of Acs.46,22 guntas of land, in the above survey numbers, In favour of the petitioner,

2. Respondents 4 to 8 filed an application under Section 5-A or the AP, Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short 'the Act') before the Tahsildar, Maheswaram, the 3 respondent herein, with a request to validate the transaction. Through an order, dated 24-03-2003, the 3 respondent validated the transaction in favour of respondents 4 to 8, The petitioner filed an appeal under Section 5-8 of the Act, before the R