had been taken that the said Devasthanam is the absolute owner of the said property and as such, the petitioner cannot make any construction, whatsoever, over the said land. Further, it is stated that the respondent-Devasthanam is endowed with vast extent of landed property situated in five villages namely 1)Advivaram, 2)Vepagunta, 3)Venkatapuram, 4)Purushothapuram, and 5)Cheemalapalli by the erstwhile Maharaja of Vizianagaram Estate. After Estate abolition, these villages are declared to be “NOT INAM ESTATES’ under the provisions of the Estates Land Act of 1908 and Estates Abolition Act of 1948. Subsequently the provisions of the Andhra Inams Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari Act 37/1956 ( hereinafter referred to as ‘Act’ for the purpose of convenience) are made applicable to these five Inam villages and enquiries under the provisions of Sections 3 and 7 read with Section 4 were made by the Special Deputy Tahsildar (Inams), Visakhapatnam and Mandal Revenue Officer, Pendurthi, Visakhapatnam, and declared that these villages are Inam villages and the lands situated in these villages are Inam lands belonging to respondent Simhachalam Devasthanam. After the said Enquiry as per order, dated 05-09-1996, in A.I.A.No.53/77 of Mandal Revenue Officer, Pendurthi the ryotwari pattas were granted in favour of the respondent Devasthanam under Section 7 of the Act, for the lands covered by T.D.No.1273 of Purushothapuram village including the entire land situated in S.No.49 and S.No.50/1 of Purushothapuram village. Therefore, the petitioner cannot say that he is the absolute owner of the said land.
