Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948

The appellant, Dokiseela Ramulu, a landless cultivator, claimed that he and his ancestors had possessed a parcel of agricultural land in Sangam Agraharam village long before the 1959 notification under Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948, and therefor…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute between tenants (appellants) and former landholders (respondents) over tenanted agricultural lands in former inam estates after the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 came into force. The landholders claimed the lands were private…

The State Government took over a hospital that was run by the Zamindar of an impartible estate and claimed recovery of endowment amounts (Rs 1,00,000 for the hospital and Rs 1,00,000 for a charitable fund) with interest at 6% per annum from the compensation paid on abolition of the estate under the Andhra Pradesh (Andh…