HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Writ Petition No.5234 of 2002 Date: 11-8-2011 Between Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Mandal Revenue Officer, Hanamkonda now Mandal Revenue Officer, Warangal, Warangal district … Petitioner and The Registrar, Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad and 5 others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Writ Petition No.5234 of 2002 Order: (per V.Eswaraiah, J.) Heard both sides. 2. This writ petition is filed by the State to set aside the judgment and decree dated 14-8-2001 in L.G.C.No.153 of 1998 on the file of the Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad (‘the Special Court’ for short). 3. The said L.G.C., was filed by the petitioner herein alleging that an extent of 1030 square yards out of Ac.8-03 guntas of land in Survey No.741/A & B situated at Girmajipet village, Hanamkonda Mandal, Warangal district is a Government land and that the respondents have grabbed the said land without any lawful entitlement. The said L.G.C., was dismissed, against which the present writ petition is filed. 4. The learned counsel for the respondents 2 to 6 submits that similar L.G.C. with No.193 of 1996 filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Warangal, on the file of the Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad for an extent of 1950 square yards out of the same Survey No.741 of Urus village of Girmajipet, which was said to have been grabbed by one Kunchu Rajveeru, was dismissed by judgment dated 04-02-2000, against which the State filed W.P.No.18793 of 2001 and the said writ petition was also dismissed by a Division Bench of this Court by order dated 09-6-2006. 5. We have perused the records and the judgments in both the L.G.Cs. In both the L.G.Cs., the Special Court recorded a finding that the respondent therein and the respondents herein had perfected their title by adverse possession for more than the statutory period of 30 years before filing the L.G.C. 6. In the instant case also, the Special Court held that the entries in the Revenue records filed by the State and the Plans approved by the Warangal Municipality over a period of 38 years i.e., 1955 to 1993 established that the respondents herein were found in possession of the application schedule land and they had perfected their title to the application schedule land by adverse possession from 1950 onwards openly and uninterruptedly, and hostile to the interest of the Government for more than the required statutory period of 30 years and therefore, they had acquired title to the property by adverse possession. 7. For the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the facts in both the cases are similar and both the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the petitioner-State as well as the learned counsel for the respondents 2 to 6 also submitted that the facts in both the cases are similar. Therefore, the order dated 09-6-2006 in W.P.No.18793 of 2001 passed by a Division Bench of this Court, which was filed against the judgment and decree dated 04-02-2000 in L.G.C.No.193 of 1996 on the file of the Special Court, is to be followed. 8. Accordingly, following the order dated 09-6-2006 in W.P.No.18793 of 2001 passed by the Division Bench of this Court, this writ petition is also dismissed. No costs. _______________________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. _______________________________ G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY, J. 11th August, 2011. Ak HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Writ Petition No.5234 of 2002 (Order of the Division Bench delivered by VE, J.) 11th August, 2011. (Ak)