ORDER :

M.G. Priyadarsini, J.

Aggrieved by the order dated 18.10.2019 in Case No.B2/1613/1995 passed by the Joint Collector, Hyderabad District confirming the earlier orders passed by the Joint Collector dated 17.08.1996, the petitioners/appellants filed the present Civil Revision Petition to set aside the impugned order.

2. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter, the parties will be referred as per their array before the Joint Collector.

3. The brief facts of the case as can be seen from the record available before the Court that necessitated the revision petitioners to file the present Civil Revision Petition are as under:

a) The petitioners’ grandfather late Mallesha purchased wet land admeasuring Ac.3.33 guntas in Sy.Nos.62, 63 and 64 of Thokatta Village from its owner and pattedar late B.V. Prakash Reddy and accordingly an agreement of sale was also entered into with him on 24.11.1960. The said agreement was entered into after Mr. B. Sathaiah and others, who were previously cultivating the suit schedule land as protected tenants declined the offer made by the pattedar to sell the said land to them and had vacated the said land voluntarily on 28.11.1960. The said surrender or decl