Section 67A(ii) in Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317
(ii)where no Shikmidari certificate was granted to a Shikmidar in respect of any land by a Revenue Officer as provided in clause (i), the Deputy Collector, shall on an application made within a period of seven years from the date of commencement of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 1964, or may, suo motu at any time, after making an inquiry in the prescribed manner declare the Shikmidar as pattadar of that land and issue a certificate to that effect in the prescribed form and give intimation thereof to the former pattadar of that land and such certificate shall be binding on the former pattadar.