JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioners are small farmers owning small extents of agricultural dry lands at Garmilla Sivar Village, Mancherial Mandal of Mancherial District. The lands owned by them are as under:

Name of the petitioner Survey Number Ac.Gts Extent Situated at

1. Kolluri Anjaiah, S/o Kolluri Ramaiah 729/1/B Dry 719/4 Dry 721/4 Dry 722/1 Dry 0-34 0-30-1/2 1-00-1/23-22 ¾ Garimella Sivar, Mancherial Mandal

2. Bolishetti Hanmanthu, S/o Bolishetti Pochaiah 718/A Dry 7-33 .....

3. Bolishetti Srinivas, S/o Ramaiah 712 Dry 716 Dry 721 Dry 719 Dry 1-28 6-29 0-01 2-29 .....

4. Kothuri Sathamma, W/o Lachanna 719/4 Dry 0-30-1/2 1-00-1/2 3-22-1/2 .....

The plea of the Petitioners

2. Petitioners contend that agriculture is the only source of their livelihood; that there is a cart track public road 10 feet width and 1350 feet length existing in Sr. Nos.707 and 708, which the revenue authorities claimed to be a Government land; that this cart track is existing for more than 20 years and all the farmers who are owning agricultural lands to an extent of 150 acres of land in Sr. Nos.716, 717, 719, 721 and 722 are using the cart track in Sr. Nos.707 and 708. The petitioners contend that this cart track is