TMI Blog2001 (8) TMI 1333X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tion 8 read with Section 15 of the Act, no suit for title in respect of the disputed land which is alleged to be a land grabbed by the first appellant, could be entertained by the Civil Court. Thus Writ Petition is restored to the file of the High Court and the case is remitted to the High Court for deciding the writ petition afresh in accordance with law. - C.A. 6731 OF 1994 and W.P. No. 904/1992. - - - Dated:- 9-8-2001 - QUADRI, S.S.M. AND PHUKAN, S.N., JJ. ORDER CA 6731/1994. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order of the Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Writ Appeal No. 680/1992 dated July 23, 1992, confirming the order of the learned Single Judge passed in W.P. No. 8846 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... om its owners and possessors, appellants for sale. He denied the allegation that he grabbed the disputed land. After considering the evidence placed on record the Special court held that the government was the owner of the disputed land and that the respondents were land grabbers and ordered them to be evicted rom the disputed land. It was made clear that notice under proviso to sub-section 7 of Section 8 was not issued. Thus the application filed by the first respondent (LGC 21/88) was allowed by the Special Court on June 1, 1989. Appellants 2 to 4 who were not parties before the Special Court, Joined appellant no.1 in challenging the validity of the said order of the Special Court before the High Court in W.P.No. 3846/1989. The learne ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... approval on the judgment and order of the Special Court, the result of the Review Application and the Suit would become a foregone conclusion. Further in regard to the remedy of the Suit, having regard to the provisions of sub-Section (2) of Section 8 read with Section 15 of the Act, no suit for title in respect of the disputed land which is alleged to be a land grabbed by the first appellant, could be entertained by the Civil Court. It may be apt to point out that under sub-section 8 of Section 8 any case, pending before any Court or other authority immediately before the constitution of a Special Court, as would have been within the jurisdiction of such Special Court, stood transferred to the Special Court as if the causes of action on w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... issed. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Golconda, representing the State of Andhra Pradesh, the first respondent, filed an application under Section 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') numbered as LGC 21 of 1988 in the Special Court under the Act (for short the Special Court). The material allegation in that application was that the first appellant encroached upon the government land to an extent of 5 acres in Survey No. 403/1, situated at Shaikpet village, Banjara Road No. 10, Hyderabad (for short' the disputed land), made plots and sold them to respondents 2 to 15 before the Special Court who were treated as interested persons. It was alleged that as per the government records ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... opportunity of having the impugned order reviewed under Section 17-A of the Act; (2) if they felt aggrieved by the judgment of the Special Court nothing prevented them from filing a suit for declaration of their title and right; and (S) on the merits of the case the judgment of the Special Court was perfectly justified on the basis of the evidence placed before it, there was no lack of jurisdiction in the Special Court, no error apparent on the face of the record and no violation of principles of natural justice. The said order of the learned Single Judge was questioned in Writ Appeal No. 680/92 before the Division Bench of the High Court which reiterated the conclusions referred to above and dismissed the writ appeal on July 23, 1992. It ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Court. In other words the suit for declaration of title by the appellants would not be maintainable. For the above reasons, the order of the Division Bench under challenge confirming the order of the Single Judge is set aside, the Writ Petition is restored to the file of the High Court and the case is remitted to the High Court for deciding the writ petition afresh in accordance with law. It is needless to mention that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and it will be open to the parties to raise such contentions as are permissible to them in law. The appeal is accordingly allowed. W.P. No. 904/1992. Mr. PS Mishra, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners, seeks permission to withdraw the writ pet ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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