Y. Satyanarayan Reddy vs Mandal Revenue Officer, A.P on 28 August, 2009
21. It appears that this patently wrong notion that the Special Courts have the power
and authority to decline restoration of possession of the grabbed land in favour of its
owner and in lieu of restoration of possession direct the "land grabber" to make
payment of compensation equal to its market value has its roots in an earlier judgment
of the High Court, on which great reliance was placed by the appellant, in C.P. Roy vs.
Special Court, under A.P. Land Grabbing Act and Anr., 2000 (3) ALD 766 (D.B.). In
that case a Division Bench of the High Court, in paragraph 56 of the judgment, made
the following observation.