Petitioners cannot seek restoration of land title based on an unregistered agreement; proper legal procedures must be followed for title validation, and corrections made in revenue records are upheld when appropriately executed.

ORDER :

K.SARATH, J.

Heard Sri K. Jagadishwar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, Smt S. Sravanthi, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondent Nos.1 to 5 and Sri N. Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the respondent No.6 and perused the material on record.

2. This writ petition is filed questioning the order passed by the respondent No.2 in Case No.F2/Spl.Tribunal/0229/2021 dated 06.07.2021 and the order passed by the respondent No.5 in Case No.B/6119/2017 dated 07.02.2018 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent Nos.3 and 5 to restore the entries in the revenue records in the name of grandfather of petitioners in respect of land admeasuring to an extent of Ac.1-03 gts in Sy.No.520/AA and Ac.1-13 gts in Sy.No.521/AA situated at Miryalguda Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District.

3. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the grandfather of petitioners Sri A. Kondal Reddy has purchased the agricultural land admeasuring to an extent of Ac.6-36 gts in Sy.Nos.520 and 521 from the three brothers belonging to the same family and he entered into an agreement of sale dated 15.01.2001 with the second brother namely Sri K. Sarveshwar Rao, who is the husband of the respondent No.6, for the land admeasuring to an extent of Ac.2-09 gts and after receipt of final payment on 27.04.2001, he handed over the physical possession and since then, they are in physical possession and enjoyment of the said property and his name was mutated in the revenue records for the years 2003-2018 and they are in physical possession and enjoyment of the property till date.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioners further submits that the respondent No.6 being the wife of late Sri K. Sarveshwar Rao made representation on 26.07.2017 to the respondent No.5-Tahsildar for mutation of land admeasuring to an extent of Ac.1.03 gts in Sy.No.520/AA and Ac.1.06 gts in Sy.No.521/AA after 14 years i.e, beyond period of limitation, and the respondent No.5 has issued notice to the persons who are no way connected to the case and sought clarification from the respondent No.4 seeking approval for change of entries. The respondent No.4 vide letter dated 03.02.2018 has permitted the respondent No.5 to rectify the same and thereupon, the respondent No.5 has passed amendment proceedings in File No.B/6119/2017 dated 07.02.2018 directing to rectify the entries in respect of the said lands, against which the grandfather of petitioners filed a Revision before the Joint Collector in File No.1946/2018, wherein status-quo was ordered on 08.05.2018. After the new ROR Act came into force, the said file was transferred to the respondent No.2-Special Tribunal, who in turn without issuing any notice and opportunity of hearing passed the order in Case No.F2/Spl.Tribunal/0229/2021 on 21.01.2021. Thereafter, as per the directions of this Court in PIL, the said case was taken up by the respondent No.2. In view of the death of grandfather, the petitioners filed implead petition in view of will Deed executed by their grandfather and the same was allowed on 03.07.2021 and after hearing the arguments passed the impugned order in Case No.F2/Spl.Tribunal/0229/2021 dated 06.07.2021 upholding the order passed by the respondent No.5 in File No.B/619/2017 dated 07.02.2018.

5. Learned Counsel for the petitioners further submits that the respondent No.5 has passed the impugned order dated 07.02.201