IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 7113 of 1996 Between: 1 Trimurtulu s/o Chella Rao R/o. A.V. Nagaram Village, Tondangi Mandal, East Godavari District. 2 Pirla Satyanarayana s/o Sanyasi R/o. A.V. Nagaram Village, Tondangi Mandal, East Godavari District. ...PETITIONERS AND 1 State of A.P. Rep. by its Secretary Revenue (Land Ceilings) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 Authorised Officer, Land Reforms Land Reforms Tribunal, East Godavari District, Kakinada. (R2-Dismissed for default as per court order dt. 14/2/03) .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: This petition is filed questioning the validity of the ‘Explanation’ to Section 3(i) of A.P. Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. In view of the order passed by me in W.P. No. 3392 of 1996 dated 27-09-2005 that the Explanation to Section 3(i) of the said Act is valid, I find no merits in this writ petition and accordingly the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ------------------------------- C.Y.SOMAYAJULU, J. 26-12-2005 Kvsn