ORDER :

This writ petition is filed seeking writ of mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.1in initiating the proceedings under LTR Case No.50/2008/MGR,Dt 03.01.2008 and declare the same as illegal, arbitrary, without authority of law and unconstitutional.

2. Brief facts of the case:

2.1 The petitioners submits that he is the owner and possessor of land to an extent of Acs.1.31 guntas in Survey No.228 of Bandarugudem village, Manguguru Mandal, Khammam District and the same was purchased in the year 1961 from Bandaru Tirumali who is the Grandfather of respondent No.3. After purchase he had developed the said land by investing huge amounts, by digging well and by obtaining electricity connection and also raised mango Garden and constructed a house in part of the land and obtained house numbers bearing No.7-1-200 to 2004 from Gram Panchayat. He has also constructed another house and his name was mutated in the revenue records and pattadar pass books were issued by revenue authorities.

2.2 The father of respondent No.3 namely Chinnabbai initiated proceedings under Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas land Transfer Regulations and Rules 1959 (hereinafter called for brevity as ‘Regulations