JUDGMENT :

RAMACHANDRA RAO, J.

1. A Full Bench of three Judges consisting of Alladi Kuppuswami, Lakshmaiah and P.A. Choudary, JJ. has by order dated 27-4-1979 referred to a larger Full Bench consisting of five Judges for deciding the following question:-

“Whether the decision of the Full Bench in Yedireswarapu Veeramma and Another vs. Reddipalli Surudamma and Others, AIR 1972 AP 161, is correct or not in so far as it decides that the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area Inams Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act No. XXXVII of 1956 does not effect the effacement of the inam tenure from the date of passing of the Act and the conversion into ryotwari tenure takes place from the date of grant of ryotwari patta.

2. The relevant facts which have given rise to this reference are as follows:

“With a view to abolish all zamindaries and estates as defined in the Madras Estates Land Act No. 1 of 1908, the Madras Estates (New Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act No. XXVI of 1948 was enacted. The definition of ‘estate’ in the said Act as amended from time to time applies to whole inam villages and to marginal inams of hamlets and khandrigas in inam villages. Other