This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.2 in insisting on permission from respondent No.1 for mutation of petitioner's name in the revenue records in respect of Acs.2.24 cents in surveyNo.230/1 of Eswarapuram Village, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 (for short 'the Act'). The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to respondent No.2 to mutate his name in the revenue records in respect of the abovementioned land.

2. The averments contained in the affidavit show that the abovementioned land was initially classified as Gunta Poramboke and that on coming to know about the said classification, the petitioner's father filed a claim petition under Section 11(a) of the Estates Abolition Act, 1948 before the Assistant Settlement Officer, Chittoor, who vide his proceedings dated 20.06.1967 granted ryotwari patta in favour of petitioner's father. The petitioner pleaded that the said patta has become final and no appeal or revision was filed thereagainst. When the Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj Department, Tirupa