THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5016 of 2002 Dated:05.07.2010 Between: Vijay Prasad Tiwari. ...Petitioner And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division, Ranga Reddy District at Domalguda, Hyderabad, And others. ...Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5016 of 2002 ORDER: The petitioner is allegedly the pattadar of land admeasuring Acs.23.14 guntas in survey Nos.232, 233 and 234 situated at Manchirevula Village of Rajendranagar Mandal in Ranga Reddy District. After the death of his father on 21.07.1987 the petitioner and his mother succeeded to the property. Sometime later, the mother also died and the petitioner became absolute owner. The protected tenants, namely, respondent Nos.7 to 11, obtained Protected Tenancy Certificate. They also filed application before the Tahsildar (second respondent) for grant of succession certificate. As there is a dispute between them and the subsequent purchasers the second respondent refused to grant succession observing that the dispute regarding title and inheritance has to be decided by the civil Court. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. The question whether it is competent to decide the right to succeed to the property under Section 40 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950, is no more res intergra. I n Syed Abdul Majeed @ Mia Pasha v Joint Collector[1] this Court considered the matter and held that, “the question as to who are the legal heirs of a deceased protected tenant has to be decided by the competent Court of civil jurisdiction” and that the Tahsildar has no power to decide the questions of succession. In view of the above judgment, this Court does not find any infirmity in the impugned order. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 05.07.2010 vs [1] 2006 (5) ALT 754 = 2006 (5) ALD 348