Supreme Court of India

Thota Sridhar Reddy & Ors. v. Mandala Ramulamma & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 14 S.C.R. 1161
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 1 October 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, it is evident that the scheme of the Act provides that a person who is a protected tenant has a right to get the ownership in accordance with the statutory provisions, provided the total area of the land owned by the landholder including the land under the cultivation of his tenants is more than three times the area of a family holding for the local area concerned.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultura l Lands Act, 1950 – ss.19, 38- – Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955 – Protected tenant – Oral surrender of the tenancy rights, if permissible – High Court set asi de the order dtd.19.2.82 passed by Revenue Divisional Officer gr anting occupancy rights to predecessor-in-interest of the appellants- purchaser as well as the order passed by Joint Collector di smissing the appeal filed by the protected tenant – Occupancy rights granted to the purchaser stood annulled – On appeal, held: Sur render of oral tenancy of a

Where later benches applied it

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