ORDER :

1. The petitioners invoked extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and accordingly prayed for issuance of order, direction or writ of mandamus declaring the proceedings of District Revenue Officer, Warangal, Warangal District, 1st respondent issued in Rc. No. E3/H5/180/2001, dated 3-9-2002 as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and contrary to the provisions of A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971.

2. The impugned order passed by the 1st respondent, District Revenue Officer, Warangal, Warangal District is challenged on various grounds. Before I consider the question as to the validity of the impugned order, it may be relevant to notice a few facts leading to filing of this writ petition.

3. The petitioners are joint owners and possessors of land bearing Survey No. 1061 admeasuring Ac. 1-37 gts. situated at Himmathnagar Village, Zaffergadh Mandal of Warangal District. The petitioners claim that they purchased the land from the legal heirs of one Bommera Narsaiah in 1994. The names of the petitioners after their purchase and their vendors names earlier (there) to are recorded as pattadars and possessors in al