JUDGMENT :

Satish Chandra Sharma, J.

The present writ appeal is arising out of an order dated 05.02.2010 passed in W.P.No.3634 of 2007 by the learned Single Judge.

2. The facts of the case reveal that the Government of Andhra Pradesh sanctioned assignment of Acs.200.00 of Astabal Kancha of Manchirevula village to the landless poor persons under the Special Laoni Rules, after regular phodi on 28.10.1953. The Laoni Rules are framed in 1950 in exercise of powers conferred under Section 172 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317F (hereafter referred to as ‘Land Revenue Act, 1317F’). The Laoni Rules prohibits transfer of land by the assignees without the sanction of the Collector. The State Government, thereafter, issued a Revised Assignment Policy on 31.07.1958 in exercise of powers conferred under Section 172 of the Land Revenue Act, 1317F and again the alienation was prohibited. The facts further reveal that in the light of the initial sanction dated 28.10.1953, the Collector initiated proceedings and the Collector had sent a list of twenty beneficiaries/landl