(Vilas V. Afzulpurkar, J.)

W.A.No.1894 of 2002:

This appeal is preferred by the Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District, the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ranga Reddy District and the Mandai Revenue Officer, Uppal, Ranga Reddy District against the order of the learned single Judge in W.P. NO.10278 of 2000. By the order impugned herein the learned single Judge has decided two writ petitions Le. W.P.No.10278 of 2000 filed by the respondent No.1 herein and W.P.No.18905 of 2000 filed by the respondents 2 and 3 herein, which have been dismissed. The said respondents 2 and 3 have not preferred any appeal and as such the issue involved in the present appeal is only with regard to W.P.No.10278 of 2000.

2. The brief facts in this appeal are as follows:

(a) In the year 1961, the Government assigned an extent of AC.3.25 guntas in Sy.No.87/4 of Nagole village to one Somaiah. The said original assignee sold the said land to the first respondent herein (petitioner in W.P.No.10278 of 2000) under a registered sale deed dated 20.04.1978 and the said sale was reflected in all the revenue records and mutations were made in favour of the first respondent. Later, it appears that the said original