IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.11334, 11336, 11337, 11338, 11411, 11422 and 11426 of 2002 WRIT PETITION NO:11334 of 2002 Between: Anegalla Ramaiah, S/o Venkaiah, R/o Jennewada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Distric Collecter, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH WRIT PETITION NO:11336 of 2002 M.agamaiah, S/o M.Pentaiah, R/o Jennawada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH WRIT PETITION NO:11337 of 2002 Between: 1 E.Sayanna, S/o Buvaiah, R/o Jennavada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 E.Sattaiah, S/o Buvaiah, R/o Jennavada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 E.Chinna Ramulu, S/o Buvaiah, R/o Jennavada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 4 E.Pedda Ramulu, S/o Buvaiah, R/o Jennavada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 5 E.Laxmaiah, S/o Buvaiah, R/o Jennavada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collecter, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shanjkarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH WRIT PETITION NO:11338 of 2002 Smt.Anegalla Pochamma, W/o Ramachandiraiah, R/o Jennawada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collecter, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH WRIT PETITION NO:11411 of 2002 Between: Bukka Basher, S/o Jahangeer, R/o Jennawada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collecter, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Office, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH WRIT PETITION NO:11422 of 2002 Between: 1 Kadanna Ramulu, S/o Balaiah, R/o Jennawada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 Kadanna Yadaiah, S/o Balaiah, R/o Jennawada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collecter, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bahavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH WRIT PETITION NO:11426 of 2002 Between: Bukka Mahaboob, S/o Aiyabali, R/o Jennewada Village, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collecter, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankarpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The A.P., Bhoodan Yagna Board, Rep by its Secretary, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.RATNA REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR. CHAYANAM RAVINDRANATH The Court made the following : ORDER: In all these writ petitions, the only grievance of the petitioners is that despite grant of allotment of lands made in favour of the ancestors of the petitioners in 1957 and fresh allotments made in 1998 in favour of the petitioners in respect of small extents of lands in Survey No.963 and 970 by respondent No.3 Board, respondent No.2 has not been issuing formal pattas to the petitioners. It is the case of the petitioners that the lands, which were allotted in their favour are in Survey Nos.963 and 970 of Jennawada Village. They rely on Rule 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Bhoodan and Gramdan Rules, 1965, which reads as under: 11. (i) The Tahsildar shall issue a patta to the grantee in Form IV. The person to whom a patta is issued shall forthwith be entitled to enter upon and take possession of the land. (ii) A copy of the order of patta shall be communicated to the village oﬃcers of the village in which the land is situate. The village oﬃcers shall publish the said copy of the order in the village chavadi and make suitable entries in the village records.” Respondent No.2 ﬁled a common counter-aﬃdavit in all these cases and also an additional counter-aﬃdavit. In his counter-aﬃdavit, he stated that survey was conducted in 1949 in respect of the land admeasuring Acs.4765.35 guntas in Survey Nos.1 to 799 and that Survey Nos.963 and 970 did not find a place in the survey settlement records. In the additional counter-aﬃdavit, respondent No.2 stated that as per khasra pahani of 1954-55, Survey Nos.885, 918, 969, 970, 977 and 979 were deleted from Survey Settlement Records of Jennawada Village of Ranga Reddy District and were shown to have been merged in Kollur Village of Medak District and the same was continued till 1994-95 only. He further stated that the Assistant Director of Survey, Settlement and Land Records, veriﬁed the survey records and issued letter, dated 29.12.2003 stating that Survey Nos.963 and 970 did not exist in Wasool Bakee and Sethwar of Jennawada Village. He further stated that he received information over phone from the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer that the lands in Survey Nos.969 and 970 were deleted from Jennawada Village and included in the adjacent Kollur Village of Ramachandrapuram Mandal, Medak District and that the Secretary of respondent No.3 Board stated that Survey Nos.963 and 970 were merged in Kollur Village. He also pointed out that in the pahani produced by the petitioners for 1960-61, Survey Nos.969 and 970 were mentioned, while the claim of the petitioners relates to Survey Nos.963 and 970. Though the contents of the counter-aﬃdavit and the additional counter-aﬃdavit appear to be vague as to the correct survey numbers and their existence, I ﬁnd it appropriate that a proper survey of Jennawada and Kollur Villages will disclose as to the actual survey numbers in respect of which the petitioners have been allotted the lands by respondent No.3 and the revenue villages in which the said survey numbers were included during the survey settlement operations. These writ petitions are, therefore, disposed of with the direction to respondent Nos.1, 2 and 4 to conduct proper survey and identify the lands allotted to the petitioners by respondent No.3. Respondent Nos.2 and 4 shall issue notices to the petitioners and respondent No.3, before getting the survey conducted. Irrespective of the District, in which the lands are found situate, respondent Nos.2 and 4 shall take appropriate steps to issue pattas. They shall complete this exercise within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petitions, WPMP.No.30847 of 2003 in WP.No.11334 of 2002 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 30th OCTOBER, 2008. kvni