1. This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the order passed by the first respondent in his proceedings No.B/328/2008 dated 16.5.2008 as arbitrary, illegal and without jurisdiction.

2. Petitioners are four in number. Third petitioner filed affidavit in support of the writ petition. According to him, his late father Mallanna was the protected tenant in respect of land bearing Sy.No.3 admeasuring Ac.24-03 guntas situated at Tadgur Khurd village, Madnoor mandal, Nizamabad district. Respondents 3 to 6 were the pattedars of the said land. The possession of the land was delivered to the father of third petitioner and he was in possession of the same since several decades. After his death, third petitioner and his brothers viz., husband of first petitioner, father of second petitioner and father of fourth petitioner were in possession of the property. It appears, during the lifetime of Mallanna, he was granted ownership Certificate under Section 38-E of Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 (for short ‘the Act’) in respect of Ac.0-31 guntas of land out of Ac.24-03 guntas in Sy.No.3 of Tadgur Khurd village conferring ownership by