HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA APPEAL SUITS No. 1893, 1896, 1897, 1898 of 2002, 144, 145, 178, 179, 597, 598 and 1038 OF 2003

COMMON JUDGMENT:

Heard learned Advocate General on behalf of Appellants – State, Sri M. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Sri A. Ravinder Reddy, Sri Akkam Eshwar and Sri P. Raghavendra, learned counsel for respondents in A.S. No. 1893 of 2002, Sri Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, Sri M. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Sri A. Ravinder Reddy, Sri P. Raghavendra, learned counsel for respondents in A.S.No. 1896 of 2002, Sri R. Vinod Reddy, Sri A. Ravinder Reddy, Sri Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, Sri Akkam Eshwar, Sri P. Raghavendra, Sri Sudhakara Rao Ambati, learned counsel for respondents in A.S.No. 1897 of 2002, Sri R. Vinod Reddy, Sri P. Raghavendra, Sri A. Ravinder Reddy, learned counsel for respondents in A.S.No. 1898 of 2002, Sri R. Vinod Reddy, Sri Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, Sri A. Ravinder Reddy, Sri P. Raghavendra, Sri Sudhakara Rao Ambati, learned counsel for respondents in A.S. No. 144 of 2003, Sri M. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Sri Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, Sri P. Raghavendra, A. Ravinder Reddy, learned counsel for respondents in A.S.No. 145 of 2003, Sri Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, Sri P. Raghavendra, Sri M