1. These Writ Petitions are filed by the petitioners, who are respondent Nos. 6 & 7, respondent Nos. 1 to 3, respondent No. 4 and respondent No. 5 respectively, in L.G.C. No. 16 of 2006 on the file of the Special Court under Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act. Hyderabad, (for short the Special Court), for issuance of Writ of Certiorari, setting aside the Judgment, dated 18.01.2008, passed in the said Land Grabbing Case (for short the L.G.C.). For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter will be referred to as they are arrayed in the L.G.C.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the applicant i.e., respondent No. 2 in W.P. No. 3342, 4424 & 4890 of 2008 and respondent No. 6 in W.P. No. 4422 of 2008, filed L.G.C. No. 16 of 2006 against respondent Nos. 1 to 7, seeking to declare him as the owner of the application schedule land i.e. Plot No. 224 admeasuring 200 Sq. Yards in Sy. Nos. 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68/1, 68/2, 69, 69/1, 70, 70/1, 71, 72, 72/1, 73, 76, 77, 85, 85/1, 86, 94, 120 to 126, situated at Sriramnagar Colony, Puppalguda Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District; to declare the respondents as land grabbers and also to direct the respondents to deliver the vacant and actual possession of the application schedule land to the applicant.

3. The case of the applicant is that he is an employee in the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, joined as a member in the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat Staff Cooperative Credit Society Limited (hereinafter referred to as 'the Society') and the said Society acquired open land admeasuring Ac.70.00 cents at Puppalguda and Manikonda Khasla villages, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. The Society after acquiring the open land, converted the same into house site plots for the benefit of the members of the Society. The owner of the land executed a General Power of Attorney in favour of respondent Nos. 1 & 2, with respect to the said property. The Society prepared the layout and allotted plot No. 224 admeasuring 200 Sq. Yards in Sriramnagar Colony, Puppalguda village to the applicant, for which he paid Rs. 10,000/- towards total sale consideration and development charges to the Society and also another sum of Rs. 1,000/- towards registration charges. On 08.08.1990, a sale deed was executed in favour of the applicant and possession of the plot was delivered to him on the same day. Thus, the applicant has become the absolute owner in possession (sic. possessor) of the application schedule property.

The first respondent floated a Firm in the name and style of 'Sri Raghuram Housing Development Company' (for short 'the Company') and appointed his son as Managing Director and insisted the members of the Society to pay a sum of Rs. 75/- per Sq. Yard to the Company for development activities in the Society. The applicant has refused to pay the amount demanded by the first respondent. To safeguard the interest of the members of the Society, a notice was sent on behalf of the Society to the Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, Andhra Pradesh, complaining that the first respondent has not returned the original sale deed and retained the same with him without any manner of right. A registered notice on 16.04.1992 was also issued to the first respondent calling upon him to give the original sale deed to the applicant, but the same was not given to him. The first respondent got issued a public notice in Deccan Chronicle on 01.07.1993 calling upon all the plot owners to pay the development charges as demanded by him. A reply notice was published in the newspaper denying the claim made by the first respondent. This fact was brought to the notice of the Sub-Registrar, Rajendranagr Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, by the applicant with a request not to register the cancellation deeds or other deeds of the first respondent pertaining to the properties produced (sic. purchased) by the members of the Society. A complaint was also lodged with the Chief Secretary and the local Circul