Order :

Petitioner Nos.1 to 9 are children and petitioner No.10 is wife of late Mohd. Fareeduddin Khan. He holds an extent of Acs.9.00 of land in Survey Nos.216/2 and 218/2 of Khairtabad Village, Golconda Mandal, Hyderabad District, as an Inamdar. He submitted an application before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Hyderabad for grant of Occupancy Rights Certificate (O.R.C.) under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1967 (for short "the 1967 Act'-). During the pendency of the application, he died on 24.07.1987. The petitioners herein came on record as his legal representatives and pursued the matter. The Revenue Divisional Officer passed an order, dated 15.07.1989, granting O.R.C. for 3642.93 square metres of land each, in favour of the petitioners.

2. The land is within the Urban Agglomeration of Hyderabad and is covered by the provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short "the Act'). Since the holdings of the petitioners exceeded 1000 square metres, all of them filed individual declarations before the Special Officer and Competent Authority, respondent No.2 herein. The applications were processed and a common draft statement under