1. Petitioners are the legal heirs of Late Sri A. Penta Reddy and respondents 1 to 3 are the brothers of Penta Reddy. There is an inter se claim with reference to the entitlement of the petitioners as legal heirs of Penta Reddy and respondents 1 to 3 as brothers of Penta Reddy in the properties in Survey Nos.2 (Ac. 0.28 guntas), 52 (Ac. 2.00 guntas) and 94 (Ac. 2.28 guntas), in all Ac. 5.16 guntas, situated at Thimmapur Revenue Village of Kothur Mandal, Mahaboob nagar District. Respondents 1 to 3 filed an application in Form 3A on 13.11.1990 praying to grant succession in favour of them along with three sons of Penta Reddy since the above said lands are ancestral properties. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kothur Mandal, Mahaboob nagar District (5th respondent) issued notice on 26.11.1990 calling for objections. Since Penta Reddy died in the year 1983, the petitioners herein as legal heirs of Penta Reddy contested the claim of respondents 1 to 3 herein by filing their objections.

2. According to the applicants before the Mandal Revenue Officer, the above said lands in addition to other lands were originally acquired by Late Sri Chenna Reddy, who is grand father of Penta Redd