COMMON ORDER:

All these civil revision petitions are filed by third parties to the petitions, challenging the judgment in L.R.A.C.No.9 of 1987 dated 02.12.1991 passed by the Land Reforms Appellate Tribunal-cum-First Additional District Judge, Chittoor.

The petitioners herein are the third parties, whereas, the L.R.A.C.No.9 of 1987 was filed by the declarants against the order in C.C.No.1340/PGN/75 passed by the Land Reforms Tribunal, Madanapalle on 04.03.1983. These petitioners are claiming to be the purchasers of the property after ordinance dated 24.01.1971 and before passing the Act. All the petitioners are claiming that they purchased the property on 01.02.1971.

It is the contention of the petitioners that one E.V. Vishwanatha Rao, K. Nagabhushanam, K. Krishna Murthy, R. Vijaya Bhaskar, B. Siva Kumar Reddy and E. Venkat Reddy were partners in real estate business. While transacting their business, they altogether purchased about 400 acres of land from Rani Sundaramani in the name of E.V. Vishwanatha Rao through registered sale deed vide Document No.3399/1968 dated 19.08.1968. Subsequently, after excluding the land already sold, the left over land was partitioned among the partners