ORDER:

[M. Ganga Rao, J.]

1. This writ petition has been filed seeking to issue a writ of Certiorari by calling for the records of the Lok Adalat Award dated 08.12.2018 in LAC.No.778 of 2018 of District Legal Services Authority, Kadapa, in OS.No.207 of 2018 on the file of the III Additional Junior Civil Judge’s Court, Kadapa and to quash the said award as it was obtained by playing fraud on the respondent No.8.

2. Heard Sri Syed Kaleemulla, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Balaji Medamalli, learned counsel for the respondents 1 to 3 & 5 and Sri G. Sai Narayana Rao, learned counsel for the respondents 6 & 7 and Sri S. Lakshminarayana Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the 8th respondent.

3. The case of the petitioners is that they are brothers and they purchased land extent Ac.0.51 cents of site in S.No.908/1A2A1A with specific boundaries situated in Chinnachowk village fields i.e., 8th ward called Prakash Nagar of Kadapa Municipal Area under a registered sale deed dated 11.04.2011 for a valuable consideration. Since then, they have been in possession and enjoyment of the said property to the knowledge of one and all including the respondents 1 to 7. Subsequently, the 1st