Cases referred:

1) AIR 2007 SC 1447

2) 2014 (6) ALD 411

3) AIR 1955 SC 233

4) AIR 1967 SC 1274

5) (1994) 3 SCC 357

6) (2003) 8 SCC 134

7) (2008) 9 SCC 306

8) W.P.No.42457 of 2017 dated 06.05.2025

The Court made the following:

ORDER

The 12th defendant in O.S.No.3 of 2024 on the file of Andhra Pradesh Wakf Tribunal at Kurnool, filed the above writ petition seeking writ of prohibition.

a) Averments in the affidavit, germane, for consideration, are that the petitioner purchased the agricultural land of an extent of Ac.1.64 cents in S.No.249/1B1B, old S.No.54 of Guntupalli village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, NTR District. The land has been owned by the vendors since 1938. The revenue authorities updated the name of the petitioner in the Records of Rights and issued the Pattadar Pass Book. The petitioner sold an extent of Ac.0.28 cents to Devireddy Anjaneya Reddy and an extent of Ac.0.20 cents to Koneti Nagarani in the year 2017. The respective vendees also got Pattadar pass books. The agricultural land was converted into non-agricultural land. The petitioner is developing the land for commercial purposes.

b) The 4th respondent filed the suit as mentioned above, by suppressing the material facts an