THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.21304 of 2003 ORDER: One Smt.Vemula Lakshmikanthamma owns an extent of Acs.2.15 cents of land in survey No.306/2 of Ganapavaram Village, Battaigudem Mandal, West Godavari District. That land was purchased by one Smt.Koppula Tirupathamma in two bits i.e. Ac.1.15 cents in 1959 and Ac.1.00 in 1964. The mother of the petitioner purchased one acre of land from Thirupathamma, on 08.05.1965. It is stated that the Special Deputy Tahsildar filed a complaint under the A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulations (for short ‘the Regulations’), in respect of that land, before the Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Eluru, which, in turn, was taken up as S.R.No.132 of 1994. The case is said to have been disallowed, upholding the right of the mother of the petitioner. The bit of Ac.1.15 cents, purchased by Tirupathamma in 1959, was purchased by Sri Chennua Venkanna, on 22.02.1975. On 15.09.1975, the mother of the petitioner purchased the same. He is said to have succeeded to it. S.R.No.273 of 1979 was initiated vis-à-vis that land. The Special Deputy Collector passed an order on 27.11.1979, holding that the purchase made by the mother of the petitioner, is contrary to the Regulations. However, the extent mentioned in the schedule, was only one acre. The petitioner states that in the name of resuming the land, respondents 1 and 2 have assigned Ac.1.00 of land in favour of the 3rd respondent and another one acre in favour of Karam Kannamma. He challenges the assignment made in favour of the 3rd respondent. On behalf of respondents 1 and 2, a counter-affidavit is filed, stating that the land that was assigned in favour of the 3rd respondent is the subject matter of S.R.No.273 of 1979 and that no exception can be taken to it. The 3rd respondent filed counter on similar lines. Heard Sri P.R.K.Amarendra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Tribal Welfare and learned counsel for the 3rd respondent. The mother of the petitioner purchased two bits of land, from out of survey No.306/2; one on 08.05.1965, and the other on 15.09.1975. The proceedings in S.R.No.273 of 1979 were initiated in respect of the land that was purchased on 15.09.1975. The order, dated 27.11.1979, passed by the Special Deputy Collector, became final. May be with some delay, the possession of the land is said to have been taken on 15.12.1997 and the assignment was made in favour of the 3rd respondent, on 26.12.1997. The petitioner is under the impression that the land assigned to the 3rd respondent was the one covered by S.R.No.132 of 1994. That, however, is not so. It would have been possible for this Court to decide the matter, in detail, had the petitioner impleaded the so-called assignee of the remaining land. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue remedies, in case the land, which is the subject matter of S.R.No.132 of 1994, has been assigned to any other third person. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.10.06.2010. GJ