It is the case of the petitioners that they purchased small extents of lands either for agricultural purpose or for house sites in Sy.Nos.126, 128, 132, 132 (A), 133, 134, 135, 171, 172 and 175 respectively situated at Rekurthi village, Karimnagar Mandal and District, from their vendors, after verifying the revenue records that they are not assigned lands and the said lands are patta lands. Thereafter, several transactions have been taken place and in respect of some of the petitioners, pattadar passbooks and record of rights have also been granted. While so, the Tahsildhar, Karimnagar, issued various notices to the so-called assignees and some others, but not to the petitioners, even though they purchased lands and in possession of the same. As no explanations were received pursuant to the said cause notices, the Tahsildar, Karimnagar, passed impugned orders in File Nos.B/400/2007 and B/401/2007, in exercise of powers conferred under Section 4(1) (a) and (b) of A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, (for short “the Act”) on the ground that the said lands are assigned lands and some of the assignees made the agricultural lands into plots in violation of Section 3(1) of the Act and some of the assignees transferred the lands in favour of some of the petitioners in violation of Section 3(2) of the Act and accordingly, while cancelling the assignment orders, resumed the lands in question into the Government custody.
