HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.23792 of 2009 ORDER: According to the petitioners, they have purchased small extents of land approximately 200 to 300 square yards each by way of registered sale deeds in the year 1986 and they are in possession and enjoyment of the same since then. However, they have not raised any permanent structures. However, according to the petitioners, the third respondent claimed that it is a government land and the petitioners may have to file an application seeking regularization of their occupation though they have purchased the same under the registered sale deeds. Therefore, they have filed applications seeking regularization of their occupation on 28/08/2008. The said applications are still pending. Therefore, this writ petition. However, the learned Government Pleader, on instructions, stated that the petitioners were never in possession of the property and therefore, the question of regularizing their purported occupation does not arise. But the fact remains that the learned counsel for the petitioners produced the registered sale deeds under which the petitioners have purchased the land. This, prima- facie, shows that the petitioners have purchased the land as early as in 1986 and they were in possession and enjoyment. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider and dispose of the applications purported to have been filed on 28/08/2008 after verifying the sale deeds and other records and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J 05th November, 2009 SKM