ORDER :

1. The appellants in Land Reforms Appeal No. 17 of 2003 on the file of the Chairman, LRAT-cum-II Additional District Judge, West Godavari, Eluru, preferred this civil revision petition under Section 21 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 (for short ‘the Act’) and the Rules, 1974 framed thereunder (for short ‘the Rules’).

2. The parties to the petition will hereinafter referred as arrayed before this Court for convenience.

3. The facts of the case in nutshell are that, the petitioners are the sisters and they are claiming to be the daughters of declarant in C.C. No. 1774/GNT/74, Late Adapa Venkata Subbareddy. The declarant Late Adapa Venkata Subbareddy was blessed with three daughters and they have substantial interest in the proceedings in C.C. No. 1774/GNT/74.

4. The petitioners and their younger sister Nagendramma are the daughters to their parents Adapa Venkta Subbareddy and Vardhanamma. The declarant Late Adapa Venkata Subbareddy, announced pasupu kumkuma gifts to all the three daughters at the time of their marriage, in view of the custom prevailing since very long time in their community. Father of the petitioners being the decl