JUDGMENT

R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO, J. - Heard Sri Balaji Medamalli, Mr. S. Raja Sekhar Kashyap, Mr. M.V.S. Suresh Kumar and Sri G. Pedda Babu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Sri G. Ramachandra Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners/appellants and Sri D.V. Seetharam Murthy, Sri S.S. Bhatt, learned Government Pleader for Revenue and Additional Advocate General, appearing for the respondents.

2. The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short "the Act") came into effect on 17/2/1976. By that date, one Sri M.Venkata Subba Rao was the owner of Ac.2.00 of land and Smt. M. Sambrajyam was the owner of Ac.1.00 cents of land in Survey No.7 of Vidyadharapuram, Vijayawada Municipal area. They had filed applications, for exemption under Sec. 20 of the Act, from the provisions of the Act on 21/5/1979. While these petitions were pending, both Sri M.V Subba Rao and Smt. M. Sambrajyam were declared to be holding excess land to an extent of 6218 sq.mts in CC.B1-337/1976 and 2547 sq.mts in CC.B1- 285/1976 respectively. In the case of Sri M.V. Subba Rao, the proceedings under Sec. 10(1) of the Act on 21/9/2018 was published in the Gazette dtd. 20/11/1998, the proceedings under Sec. 10(