JUDGMENT :

P. Naveen Rao, J.

1. In W.P. No. 913 of 2002, petitioner assailed the order dated 27.07.2001 in Appeal No. F2/1/2000 confirming the order dated 22.12.1999 of the original authority rejecting the claim of petitioner to grant Occupancy Right Certificate (ORC) under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955. Before learned single Judge, two decisions of two Division Benches were cited, namely B. Ramender Reddy and others vs. The District Collector, Hyderabad District and others 1993(2) An.WR 84 (DB) and S.Veera Reddy and another vs. Chettapalli Chandraiah and others, I 994 SCC Online AP 510. On consideration of these two decisions, learned Judge opined that there is conflict of opinion in these two decisions on the entitlement of purchaser of inam land from Inamdar to apply for ORC under the Act. Learned Judge therefore opined that the conflict should be resolved by a Bench of two Judges or more. The relevant paragraphs of the Order dated 24.03.2014 in W.P. No. 913 of 2002 read as under:

From the brief summary of respective submissions what emanates is that this Court in the decisions reported in Kodithala Keshavulu v. The Government of Andhra Pradesh [1