HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY

JUDGMENT :

Common Order dated 28.03.2008 in Case Nos.F2/3787/2005 and F2/3788/2005 passed by respondent No.3 - the Joint Collector-II, Ranga Reddy District, and consequential order dated 11.02.2019 in Proceedings No.B/637/2018 passed by respondent No.4 - the Tahsildar, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, are challenged in this writ petition contending that those orders are contrary to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1950 (for short ‘Tenancy Act’) and the Rules made thereunder.

2. Respondent No.5 - Mrs. M. Sridevi (since died, represented by her legal heir - respondent No.6 viz., Mr. Reddy Gokul Kumar) was the appellant in the appeals in Case Nos.F2/3787/2005 and F2/3788/2005 filed under Section 90 of the Tenancy Act challenging the orders passed by respondent No.4 in Case No.A/1139/97 dated 04.11.1997 and Case No.A/1138/1997 dated 25.08.2004. Respondent Nos.2 to 11 in the said appeals are legal heirs of the protected tenants Mr. Maheswaram Lingaiah alias Potti Linga and Mr. Talari Lakshmaiah.

3.1. It was claimed by respondent No.5 in the aforesaid appeals before respondent No.3 tha