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7. Learned senior counsel further submits that the State of Andhra Pradesh (Now State of Telangana) had filed appeals against the orders passed by the High Court of Judicature, Hyderabad on 03.04.2012 in W.P.Nos.6148, 17192, 20372, 20614, 23578 and 28112 of 2007 and 4515 of 2008, whereby the writ petitioner challenged the Errata Notification dated 13.03.2006, published in the Official Gazettee of the State of Andhra NVSK,J Pradesh on 06.04.2006 on behalf of Andhra Pradesh Wakf Board, were dismissed. He would further submit that the subject survey numbers are part of said Errata Notification and the Hon'ble Apex Court has allowed the Civil Appeals and the operative portion of the said order is extracted for the sake of facility:

"194. In view of the above, we pass the following order:
i) The Civil Appeals are allowed. The orders passed by the High Court are set aside.
ii) The Errata notification dated 13.3.2006 is quashed. The Land admeasuring 1654 Acres and 32 guntas vest with the State and/or Corporation free from any encumbrance.
iii) In terms of Section 10(2)(i) of the Commutation Regulation, 90% of the gross basic sum referred to in Section 4 of the Commutation Regulation is payable to the Dargah. The arrears shall be calculated and paid to the Dargah within 6 months."

Learned senior counsel further submits that since the said Errata Notification dated 13.03.2006 is quashed and NVSK,J the said lands are no more Waqf lands, as such, the reasons stated in the impugned refusal orders in terms of the orders passed by the Chief Executive Officer, A.P. State Waqf Board vide Letter No.93/L4/(a)/RR/2007, dated: 10-12-2014 are ex facie illegal and eventually he would pray to allow the Writ Petition and direct the respondents to register all the documents and confines the prayer only to the extent of registration.

10. The Hon'ble Supreme Court vide order dated 07.02.2022 allowed the Civil Appeals and quashed the Errata Notification, dated 13.03.2006, and held that land admeasuring 1654 acres 32 gunts vest with the State and/or Corporation free from any encumbrance. By virtue of the said order the A.P. State Waqf Board cannot claim any rights on the subject property in the present writ petition.

11. It is to be noted that in the said order, the Hon'ble Supreme Court clarified that the Government has absolute right on the said property and also granted liberty to the parties therein in Civil Appeal Nos.10771, 10772 and 10774 of 2016 to seek remedy for redressal of their grievance before any appropriate forum, in accordance with law.