At the outset it has to be mentioned that though the orders passed by the Revenue Divisional Officers in four instances rejecting the claims of the institutions for ryotwari pattas were challenged by filing writ petitions, in W.P Nos. Before we discuss the problem created by section 4 of the Act, we have to advert to the nature of the inams in the several Writ Petitions. The aggrieved parties have invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution to remove on certiorari the determination of the Revenue Divisional Officers.ģ.
In some cases, the Revenue Divisional Officers affirmed the orders of the Tahsildars while in others they reversed them. These adjudications were subject to appeals before the Revenue Divisional Officers, who are constituted as appellate tribunals under sub-section (4) of section 3. After holding the enquiries as required by section 3, the concerned Tahsildars gave their decisions upholding the claims of either the institutions or the individuals. At the enquiry concerning these inams, rival claims were put forward by the institutions and certain persons claiming to be either as personal grantees or as service holders in the particular temples. We are here concerned only with inams that form the subject/matter of the present enquiry. Tahsildars of the various parts of the Andhra area started enquiries contemplated by section 3 of the Act. By virtue of this section, every holder of an inam, be it in a ryotwari or a zamindari village, is entitled to a ryotwari patta. It is section 4 of the Act that provides the machinery for abolition of the inam land? and converting them into ryotwari lands. Section 3 of the Act empowers the concerned Tahsildar to decide whether a particular piece of land within his jurisdiction is an inam land and, if so, whether it is held by any institution. This Act was passed in the year 1956 to abolish and convert certain inam lands into ryotwari, lands.
Chandra Reddy, C.J:- The mening and effect of section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Inams Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act (XXXVII of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the Act) is the subject of discussion in these Writ Petitions.Ģ.
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