Zaheerabad Municipality, the respondent herein filed O.S.No.139 of 2007 in the Court of Principal District Judge, Medak at Sangareddy, against the petitioners herein for the relief of declaration to the effect that it is the absolute owner and possessor of Ac.18.11 guntas of land in Sy.Nos.145 and 146 of Zaheerabad Revenue Village, shown in plaint A and B schedule; for perpetual injunction, and for direction to the petitioners to hand over the vacant possession of the property. It was pleaded that Ac.225.03 guntas, including the suit land, was earmarked by the Jagir Administration for expansion of the Aabadi of the town and on abolition of the Jagirs, the land vested in the Government and thereby accrued to the respondent. Reference was also made to the litigation that ensued as regards the land, as well as to various proceedings.

The petitioners filed the written-statement, opposing the suit. Their plea is that the land was held by private individuals as patta and was classified as agricultural in nature. According to them, Abdul Hafeez Khan was the original owner of the land and that it was purchased from his legal heirs by the father of defendants 1 and 2 in the year 13