ORDER :

This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of mandamus declaring the Memo No.E3/4815/2012, dated 01.04.2013 issued by the 1st respondent, District Collector, holding that the subject patta land of the petitioner in Sy.No.49 to an extent of Acs.11.23 cents (Acs.11.09 guntas), situated at Battisawargaon village, Adilabad Mandal and District, as arbitrary and illegal.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that he is the absolute owner and possessor of the subject land vide patta No.193 issued under the A.P. Rights in Land & Pattadar Pass Book Act, 1971. It is submitted that originally the land in Sy.No.49 to an extent of Acs.13.09 guntas was in occupation of one Mr. Neerati Chinna Ganga, who is pattedar since 1953. The petitioner purchased the subject land through registered sale deed vide document No.94/1971 dated 16.02.1971 from Mr. Neerati Chinna Ganga. Out of total subject land, the petitioner, after obtaining layout approval from the Gram Panchayat vide proceedings dated 11.04.1980, made an extent of Acs.6.00 into 52 plots and sold 50 plots to third parties through the registered sale deeds between 1982 and 2006 wherein the purchasers have constructed the houses with th