IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.C. BHANU Writ Petition Nos.15988, 15998, 17559, 22167, 22234, 23221, 23394, 23398, 23407, 25066, 25717, 25721 of 2007, 2534, 2535, 2537, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541 and 2542 of 2008 WRIT PETITION NO : 15988 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector and DistrictSelection Committee, Mahabubnagar District. 2 The Asst. Director, Survey and Land Records, Mahabubnagar, Mahabubnagar District. 3 The Commissioner, Survey , Settlements and Land Records, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of A.P., rep by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND Kadapanolla Hanmanthu Rao Unemployee H. No. 10-76, Via Jaklair Post, Pulimamidi Tq., Makthal mandal, Utkoor, Mahabubnagar District. .....RESPONDENT WRIT PETITION No.15998 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee Hyderabad 2 The Asst.Director of Survey and Land Records, Hyderabad 3 The Commissioner of Survey, Settlements and Land Records, AP., Nampally, hyderabad 4 The Govt of AP., rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Dept., secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND S.Archana D/o.S.Manikarao R/o.H.No.9-2-115, Near, Veg.Market, Langar House,Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of certiorari to call for the records of the Hon`ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.8316/2005 and batch dated 10.5.2006 and quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.17559 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector, Cum Chairman, Selection Committee, Guntur District. 2 The Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records, Guntur District. 3 The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, Survey Bhavan, Narayanguda, Hdyerabad. 4 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND Gonipati Swarna Latha, R/o. DRDO & Velugu, Collectorate Banglow, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ Order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.8429/05 and batch dt. 10-5-06 and quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.22167 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector and Chairman Selection Committee Guntur District 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Guntur, Guntur District 3 The Commissioner, of Survey and Settlement and Land Records, AP Nampally, Hyderabad 4 Govt of AP., rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND Riyaz Basha R/o.32-518,Suryani Nagar Chilakaluripeta, Guntur District .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon`ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.8596 of 2005 dated 10.5.2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.22234 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Guntur District. 2 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Nalgonda District. 3 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, R.R. District. 4 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Adilabad District. 5 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Karimnagar District. 6 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Mahabubnagar District. 7 The Asst. Director, A.P. Survey and Land Records, Guntur District. 8 The Asst. Director, A.P. Survey and Land Records, NalgondaDistrict. 9 The Asst. Director, A.P. Survey and Land Records, Guntur District. 10 The Asst. Director, A.P. Survey and Land Records, Adilabad District. 11 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Mahabubnagar District. 12 The Asst. Director, A.P. Survey and Land Records, Karimnagar District. 13 The Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Recores A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 14 The Government of A.P., rep byits Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Nalluri Srinivasa Rao S/o Bhushnam R/o Amruthalur Guntur District. 2 Bhukya Garma S/o B. Chakru, H. No. 1-8-64/12/B, Church Compound, Suryapet, Nalgonda District. 3 Pathipaka Murali Krishna S/o P. Bixamaiah H. No. 3-7-63/82, Plot No. 82 Sai Saptagiri Colony, GSI Post, Mansoorabad R.R. district. 4 Dashamuki Parameshwar S/o D. Chandramouli H. No. 3-8-Chinthaguda, Kagaznagar, Adilabad District. 5 Angari Shashidhar S/o A. Shivaji, H. No. 1-10-96, Kalanagar, 4th Street, Post and Mandal Metpally, Karimnagar District. 6 Polagani Kisan Prasad S/o Venkata Ramaiah R/o 1-8-16, PSR, Center, Suryapet, Nalgonda District. 7 Madari Srinivasulu S/o M. Rama Swamy, H. No. 33-62, Vallabhanagar, Wanaparthy, Mahabubnagar District. 8 Angagalla Ravi Kumar S/o Masaiah H. No. 1-7-248/B2, Near Fire Station, Kosoi Road, Mahabubnagar District. 9 S. Murali Dhar S/o Venkatanna H. No. 1-1-9E/2-1, New Motinagar Mahabubnagar District. 10 Mohd, Hussain S/o Ameerhamza, 20-1, Rationwadi, Government Jr. College Road, Makthal, Mahabubnagar District. 11 R. Khaja Ghousuddin S/o Mohd. Khasim, H. No. 24-52, Rampur Street, OP: Govt Jr. College, Makthal, Mahabubnagar District. (All applicants are unemployees) .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ order, or a Direction more particularly one in the nature of the "Writ Certiorari" to call for the records ofthe Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal Passed in O.A. No. 8440/05 dated 10-5-2006 and quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.23221 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector-Cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records Guntur. 3 The Commissioner of Survey, Settlements and Land Records , A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Dasari Naga Siniva, Unemployee R/o. 25-18/101/A, D.S. Rao Buildings, Sampathnagar Main Road, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 Darla Sudhakar, Unemployee R/o.10/41, Muthur (P) Vatticherukuru (M) Guntur District. 3 Danaboina Balaji, Unemployee R/o. 6-13/46, Arudelpet, 13th Lane, Guntur District. 4 R.Gopal Singh Naik, Unemployee, R./o. Atchemmakunta Thanda (V), Koppunuru (P) Macherla (M), Guntur District. 5 Kommineni Srilakshmi Unemployee, R/o. 4-5-29/38/11, K.S.R. Towers, 1st Lane, Vidyanagar Extension, Guntur, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 8584/05 dt. 10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No. 23394 of 2007 Between: 1 The Commissioner, of Suvey and Settlements and Land Records, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Collectorate, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND Katramall Dayakar, R/o. H.No. 2-136, Kothagutta, Shakerpatnam Mandal, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ Order, or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the Writ Of Certiorari to cal for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No. 8096/05 dt. 10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse as in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.23398 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee Nellore, Nellore District 2 The Asst.Director Survey and Land Records, Nellore Nellore District 3 The Commissioner, of Survey Settlement and Land Records, AP Nampally,Hyderabad 4 The Govt of AP., rep.by the Secretary Revenue Dept secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Kovvuru Nagaiah S/o.K.Venkaiah D.No.5-6-6M, Cheekinibavi Street Kovvuru, Nellore District 2 Mohammed Ahamed Baig S/o.Subhan Baigu D.No.26-3-110, Bhaktavatsala Nagar, Andhrakesari nagar, Nellore, Nellore District 3 Venkateswarlu S/o.Krishnaiah R/o.D.No.1-17-10 AKP Reddyvari Street Old Town Kavali, Nellore District 4 V.Kiran babu S/o.V.Narasimhulu Thuppuka Rhampadu Post Chejerla Mandal,Nellore District 5 K.Raghu Prasad S/o.Ramaiah H.No.LIG II KPHB colony Kallurupalli,Nellore, Nellore District 6 P.Venkata Subbaiah S/o.Seenaiah R/o.Gummalladibba village Kovvuru Mandal, Nellore District 7 Syed Mukarram S/o.Syed Abdul Azeez R/o.D.No.1-2-18BC colony, muthukuru Post Muthukuru Mandal, Nellore District 8 Nadavadi Muthyalaiaah S/o. Ramakrishnaiaha R/o.Ayyavarappa Kandriga Krishnpatnam Post, Muhukuru Mandal Nellore District 9 Unnam Madhusudhanaa Rao S/o.U.Ankaiah R/o.H.No.4-1-111, RK Nagar Nawabpet, Nellore District 10 Azeez S/o.Navisaheb R/o.4/132, Bypass Road, Ambedkar Nagar Iskapalem post, Buchireddypalem Mandal, Nellore District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon`ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.8384/05 dated 10.5.2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.23407 of 2007 Between: 1 The Commissioner, Survey , Settlements and Land Records, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records Department, Collectorate, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND Velugonda Gangadhar S/o. Narasaiah R/o. H.No. 10-2-402, Vidyanagar, Karimnagar. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 8098/05 dt. 10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.25066 of 2007 Between: 1 The Commissioner , Survey Settlements and Land Records Govt of AP., Hyderabad. 2 The Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records Adilabad District, Adilabad 3 The District Collector, Adilabad District, Adilabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Bhavani Sirisha D/o.B.yellanna R/o.H.No.1-2-215, Behind Shanthinagar Adilabad District 2 E.Vidyarani D/o.E.Limba Reddy R/o.H.No.11-93, Dasnapur Adilabad District 3 P.Ganga D/o.P.Lachaiah R/o.Village Naikapuguda, Tiryani Post & mandal Adilabad District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of certiorari to call for the records of the Hon`ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.8170 of 2005 dated 10.5.2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction WRIT PETITION No.25717 of 2007 Between: 1 The Commissioner, Survey Settlement and Land Records, Govt. of A.P. Hyderabad. 2 The Asst.Director, Survey and Land Records, Adilabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND B. Jyothsna, W/o. Ananda Rao, R/o/ 1-2-15/101, Ravindranagar, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ Order, or a direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 7832/05 and batch date 10-5-2006 and quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction WRIT PETITION No.25721 of 2007 Between: 1 The District Collector -Cum Chairman of Selection Committee, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Kurnool, Kurnool District. 3 The District Collector -Cum-Chairman of Selection Committee, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 4 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Chittoor, Chittoor District. 5 The District Collector -Cum-Chariman of Selection Committee, Guntur, Guntur District. 6 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Guntur, Guntur District. 7 The Commissioner, Survey and Land Records Department, Andhra Pradesh, Government, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 H.K. Gangadhar Rao, S/o. Janardhan Rao, R/o. H.No. 28/1050, C2, Saibaba Nagar, Nandyal, Kurnool District. 2 B. Venkata Subba Reddy, S/o. B. Venkata Narayana Reddy, R/o. H.NO. 44/115, Prakash Nagar, Kurnool district. 3 P. Jayapradha,. D/o. P. Keshava Reddy, R/o. H.NO. 16-26, Pathapeta, Dhone, Kurnool District. 4 P. Anjaneyulu, S/o. Late P. Savaranna, R/o. H.No. 83/22, Shareen Nagar, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool district. 5 V. Kalyan Chakravarthy, S/o. Sreenivasa Murthy, R/o. Plot No. 23, Maruthi Megacity, Nandyal, Road, Kurnool District. 6 N. Shankar Naik, S/o. Some naik, R/o. Gudumbai Thanda (V), Kalva Post, Orvakal Mandal, Kurnool District. 7 N. MOhan Naik, S/o. Some Naik, R/o. Gudumbai Thanda (V), Kalva Post, Orvakal Mandal, Kurnool District. 8 M. Srinivasa Reddy, S/o. M.C. Subba Reddy, H.No. 3-761, Balamma Garden, One Town, Kurnool Town & Kurnool District. 9 H.K. Hemasundar, S/o. Janardhana Rao, R/o. H.No. 28/1050, C2, Saibaba Nagar, Nandyal, Kurnool District. 10 K. Srikanth Rao, S/o. Late Veera Mohan Rao, H.No. 7/150, Gajulapalli Village Mahanandi Mandal, Nandyal Taluq, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ Order, or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 8313/2005 dated 10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.2534 of 2008 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 3 The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, A.P.Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of A.P., Rep by its Secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND N. Naganna, S/o. N. Naga Raju, Kadumur Post, Midthur Mandal, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Certiorari calling records relating to and connected with the order dated 10-5-2006 of A.P. Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 8413/2005 and batch and to declare it as unjust, arbitrary, illegal and contrary to law and set aside the judgment of the A.P.A. Tribunal in OA No. 8413 of 2005 dated 10-5-2006 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. WRIT PETITION No.2535 of 2008 Between: 1 The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, Department, Govt. of A.P. Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary to Govt. of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Revenue (SS2) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Regional Deputy Director, Survey & land Records, Nellore, Nellore District. 4 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Nellore, Nellore District. 5 Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records Department, Nellore, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONERS AND Jampala Raja Rao, s/o. Subbaramaiah, R/o.North Mopur Post, Allur Mandal, Nellore District - 524 315. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of a Writ or Certiorari calling records relating to and connected with the order dated 10-5-2006 of A.P.Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 8383/2005 and batch and to declare it as unjust, arbitrary, illegal and contrary to law and set aside the judgment of the A.P.A. Tribunal in OA No. 8383 of 2005 dated 10-5-2006 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. WRIT PETITION No.2537 of 2008 Between: 1 The District Collector-Cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Chittoor District. 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Chittoor District. 3 The Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Records,A.P. Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND Koppula Raveendrudu S/o.Chinnaswamy R/o. S.T. Colony Akkurthi, Srikalahasti (M) Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA no. 8250/05 dt. 10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.2538 of 2008 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman Selection Committee, kurnool District 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and land Records Kurnool,Kurnool District 3 The Commissioner of Survey Settlement and Land Records -cum- Director , AP. Narayanaguda, Hyderabad 4 The Government of AP., rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Dept Secretariat, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND Ammisetty Sreevani D/o.A.kondaiah r/o.H.No.78/25-B1, krishna nagar Kurnool, Kurnool District .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon’ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, in O.A.No.8000/05 dated 10.5.2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.2539 of 2008 Between: 1 The Government of A.P. Rep by its Secretary, Land Survey Settlements, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Survey and Land Records, Survey Bhavan, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Assistant Director, A.P., Survey and Land Settlements, Khaleelwadi, Nizamabad District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Duggani Mallikarjuna, s/o. D. Beeraiah, H.No. 5-11-184, Beside Hanuman Temple, Yellamma Gutta, Nizamabad District. 2 Dhanalakoti Venkateshwara Rao, S/o. D. Narayana, H.No. 10-11-1409, Anandnagar, Varni Road, Nizamabad District. 3 Palda Srinivas, S/o. P.Narayana, H.No. 1-51/8/1, Bank Colony, Aryanagar, Pagra, Madhavanagar, Nizamabad District. 4 Tirunagari Narendher, s/o. T. Maamohan, H.No. 1-2-99, Phulong, Nizamabad District. 5 Malem Satya Sagar, S/o.M. Narayana, H.No. 1-55, Dasamma Street, Nizamabad District. 6 Venu Gandhi, S/o. Gangadhar, R/o. Yellamma Gutta, Nizamabad District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ order, or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the "Writ of Certiorari" to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal passed in OA No. 8311/05 dated 10-5-2006 and quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction and pass such other order or orders WRIT PETITION No.2540 of 2008 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee Nizamabad 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and land Records Nizamabad, District 3 The Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Records, AP Nampally,Hyderabad 4 The Government of AP., rep.by its Secretary Revenue Dept Secretariat, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND Joshi kishan prasad S/o.Dattatrya Rao R/o.H.No.2-112, Binola Post Navipet mandal Nizamabad District .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon’ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.8245 of 2005 dated 10.5.2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.2541 of 2008 Between: 1 The District Collector-cum-Chairman, Selection Committee, Prakasam District at Ongole. 2 Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Prakasam District, at Ongole. 3 The Commissioner of Survey Settlement and Land Records, A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Govt.of A.P., represented by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 A.Laxmipathy, S/o Prasada, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 2 V.Sreenivasa Nayak, S/o Venkateswarlu, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 3 K.Ram Mohan Rao, S/o Nemilaiah, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 4 Sk.N.Rasool, S/o Khader Basha, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 5 Sk.Jahangeer, S/o Ski.Salaam, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 6 U.Vijaya Kumar, S/o Malakondaiah, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 7 B.C.Sekhar, S/o Narasaiah, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 8 G.Venkateswarlu, S/o Kotaiah, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. 9 Rachapudi Suresh, S/o Isac, Working as Contract Employee in District Water Management Agency, Prakasam, and belong to Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order, or a direction more particularly one in the nature of the writ of certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.8501/05 dt.10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. WRIT PETITION No.2542 of 2008 Between: 1 The District Collector & Chairman, Selection Committee, Nellore, Nellore District. 2 Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records Nellore, Nellore District. 3 The Commissioner, of Survey and Settlement and Land Records A.P. Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Govt. of A.P. Rep by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND Dasari Bhayamma, R/o. Juvvalapalem (Post) Naidupet (Mandal) Nellore District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order, or a direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 8570/2005 dt. 10-5-2006 and batch quash the same as perverse an in excess of the jurisdiction. Counsel for the petitioners in all WPs: GP FOR SERVICES II Counsel for the Respondent in W.P.15998 of 2007 : Sri G.Prabharkar Sarma Counsel for the respondent in W.P.No.25721 of 2007 :Sri P.Venkata Rao Counsel for the respondent in W.P.No.2535 of 2008 : Sri M.V.Narasimham Counsel for the respondent in W.P.No.2538 of 2007 : Sri M.Venkata Ramana Reddy THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION Nos.15988, 15998, 17559, 22167, 22234, 23221, 23394, 23398, 23407, 25066, 25717, 25721 OF 2007, 2534, 2535, 2537, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541 AND 2542 OF 2008 ORAL COMMON ORDER: (per the HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA) Heard the learned Government Pleader for Services II, appearing for petitioners, in all the writ petitions, as well as the learned counsel appearing for respondents in W.P.Nos.15998 of 2007, 2535 and 2538 of 2008 only, since, in all other matters, none appears on behalf of the respondents nor there is any representation on their behalf, despite service of notices. 2. Since all the writ petitions are filed aggrieved by the common order, dated 10.05.2006, passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad (for brevity “the Tribunal”), in O.A.No.7578 of 2005 and batch, they are being disposed of by this common order. 3. Petitioners are the respondents and the respondents are the applicants, in the respective O.As., before the Tribunal. 4. For the sake of convenience, in this common order, the petitioners and the respondents will be referred to as per their array in the O.As. 5. The respondents herein filed the abovementioned batch of O.As., before the Tribunal, challenging the notification No.L3/10132/2003, dated 08.11.2005, issued by the first petitioner herein, and to set aside instruction No.3 (a) of the instructions to the candidates as being bad in law and violative of Rule 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Survey and Land Records Subordinate Services Rules (for brevity “the