ORDER :

A. Rajasekhar Reddy, J.

1. It is the case of the petitioners that they are owners and possessors of the land mentioned against their names in Sy. Nos. 29/1, 29/3 and 29/4 of Madhurvada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, Visakhapatnam District (for short 'the subject lands'). The said plots are situated in an approved layout covered by LP No. 20/1994 issued by the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority on 3.6.1994 and the plots are covered with structures which have been assessed to tax and have been assigned door numbers by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and tax books have also been issued. That the predecessors in title of the petitioners i.e., Mandava Dhanalakshmi was granted market value patta on 3.12.1981 vide DR No. 2/1390/B1 by the Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Taluk, in relation to an extent of Ac. 1.00 in Sy. No. 29/1 of Madhuravada Village and Athaluri Hanumantha Rao was granted market value patta on 3.12.1981 vide DR No. 1/1390/B1 by the Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam in relation to an extent of Ac. 1.00 in Sy. No. 29/3 and another extent of Ac. 0.33 cents in Sy. No. 29/4 of Madhuravada Village, was subject matter of market value patta granted on 6.7.1984