D.R.SOMAYAJULU, SECRETARY Vs. ATTILI APPALA SWAMY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Delay condoned in S.L.P. (Civil) No. 9648/2013. Leave granted in both the special leave petitions.

(2.) These appeals challenge the correctness of order of Andhra Pradesh High Court passed in review application being W.P.M.P.No.1540/2009 in Writ Appeal No.1840/2008 dated 30.4.2011, setting aside the order dated 5.1.1982 passed by the competent authority determining an extent of 38,781 sq. mtrs. of late Attilli Narasayyamma as surplus land and also the order passed by the appellate authority dated 24.4.2001 on the ground that the proceedings taken against the dead person are totally void ab initio and non-est.

(3.) The case has a chequered history. A maze of facts and events confront us in the course of determination of these appeals. Essentially, the core questions required to be examined are:-