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32. There is also not much dispute that Survey Nos.60, 61 and 62 are the corresponding survey numbers to old Survey No.53 of Kakaguda village. Ex.X3 - Tippons of 1340 Fasli disclose the land in question to be a private land. The entries in Ex.A3 - Sethwar of 1353 Fasli of Kakaguda village also disclose the entire land in Survey Nos.60, 61 and 62, admeasuring Ac.13-08 guntas, Ac.11-04 guntas and Ac.17-20 guntas respectively to be a private land owned by the pattedars, viz., Prakash Reddy, Pulla Reddy and Rama Reddy.Ex.A4 is translation of Ex.A3.It is the case of PW1 that after the acquisition of Ac.4-28 guntas by the defendants themselves on 29-11-1971, the petitioner-Society has purchased the remaining extent of Ac.8-20 guntas from the owners of the land. It is also the case of the plaintiff society that it has purchased the total extent of Ac.11-04 guntas covered by Survey No.61 from its vendors Rama Reddy and others. It is in the evidence of PW1 that the defendants have encroached into an extent of Ac.4-01 gunta in Survey No.61 and also an extent of Ac.2-20 guntas in Survey No.60.

38. PW2 is the Deputy Inspector of Survey.He produced classer register and according to the same, Survey Nos.60, 61 and 62 correspond to the old Survey No.53. Ex.X1 is Classer Register. He also produced the sethwar disclosing Survey Nos.60, 61 and 62 being the patta lands in the name of Prakash Reddy and others. Ex.X2 is the sethwar. He states in his evidence that according to the tippans, the old Survey No.53 correspondents to new Survey Nos.60, 61 and 62. Ex.X3 is Tippan. A suggestion was made to him in the cross-examination that there is an extent of Ac.7-51 cents of land in Survey Nos.60 and 61 belonging to the defendants.He categorically denied the said suggestion and stated that there is no defence land at all in Survey Nos.60 and 61 according to the Sethwar of 1353 Fasli.

40. An overall assessment of both the oral and documentary evidence of the plaintiff clinchingly establishes that the land in the present survey Nos.60, 61 and 62 of Kakaguda village originally was bearing Survey No.53 of the previous survey.It is only during the re-settlement of the village as is evident from the Sethwar of 1353 Fasli (1944 A.D.) Ex.A3 the land in Survey No.53 was re-numbered as Survey Nos.60, 61 and 62 with the following extents:

1. Survey No.60, extent Ac.13-08 guntas;

52. The Nature and importance of entries made in Settlement Record:

Now the point that arises for consideration is as to whether the patta as recorded in Sethwar (Settlement Record) is evidence of title and whether the entries in Sethwar and Tippans prepared after the enquiry under Sections 77, 78, 86 and 88 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317 Fasli (for short 'the Land Revenue Act') have any bearing on the questions of title or, are mere revenue entries meant for revenue purpose? Whether the entries made in the pahani patrikas are of no consequence at all as contended by the learned Standing Counsel for the defendants?