JUDGMENT :

1. The Petitioner, before me who is the landholder filed an application on 24th July, 1959 before the Tahsildar for cancellation of a tenancy certificate issued on 19th February, 1958 in favour of the Respondent under section 37-A of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act (hereinafter called the Act). This petition was resisted on various grounds. The Tahsildar through his order dated 30-8-1959 dismissed the petition.

2. The Petitioner preferred an appeal against the said order of the Tahsildar, That appeal was dismissed by the Collector on 28-2-1963. C.R.P. No. 1458 of 1964 is directed against that order. The Petitioner filed another application under Rule 3 of the Hyderabad Tenancy Records (Correction) Rules 1956 (hereinafter called the Correction Rules) before the Deputy Collector alleging inter alia that the Respondent was not in possession of the suit land on 12th March, 1956 lawfully, and that he could not therefore have been granted any Protected Tenancy Certificate under Section 37-A of the Act, This petition was resisted by the tenant on the ground that the Deputy Collector has no jurisdiction to entertain any such application. It w