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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 5097-5099 of 2004

PETITIONER:

A.V. PAPAYYA SASTRY & ORS

RESPONDENT:

GOVERNMENT OF A.P. & ORS

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/03/2007

BENCH:

C.K. THAKKER & LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

C.K. THAKKER, J.

All these appeals have been preferred by the

appellants against common judgment and order passed

in WAMP No. 1879 of 2001 in W.A. No. 109 of 1997,

WAMP No. 1880 of 2001 in W.A. No. 292 of 1998 and

Contempt Case No. 1008 of 2001. By the said order, the

High Court recalled common judgment and order passed

on April 27, 2000 in Writ Appeal Nos. 109 of 1997 and

292 of 1998. A direction was also issued to the

authorities under the Urban Land (Ceiling and

Regulation) Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as ’the

Ceiling Act’) to complete proceedings within the

stipulated period.

The case has a long and checkered history starting

from early seventies of the last century. Appellants

herein are the owners of land bearing Survey Nos. 3/1,

3/2 and 4 admeasuring 18 acres, 39 cents of Village

Kancharapalem, District Visakhapatnam. It was their

case that Visakhapatnam Port Trust