Ibrahimpatnam Taluk Vyavasaya Collie ... vs K.Suresh Reddy & Ors on 19 August, 2003
3. The main contention of Sri Ramakrishna Reddy, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, is that since the show-cause notice was issued under Section 166-B of Land Revenue Act 1317 Fasli, nearly about 30 years after the assignment and since suo motu power of review is expected to be exercised within a reasonable time as held in Yamunangar Co-operative House Building Society v. Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1997 (4) ALD 359 (DB), following the ratio in State of Gujarat v. Patel Raghav, , and Ibrahimpatnam Taluk Vyavasaya Coolie Sangam v. K. Suresh Reddy, 1996 (2) ALD 945 = 1996 (2) An.W.R. 511 (D.B.), confirmed by the apex Court in Ibrahimpatnam Taluk Vyavasaya Coolie Sangam v. K. Suresh Reddy, , 1st respondent exercising suo motu power to cancel the patta granted to the petitioner is unsustainable. It is his contention that since G.O. Ms. No. 1110 dated 26-5-1960, imprisonment for any term is sufficient, the assumption of the first respondent that imprisonment for six months is a condition precedent for a political sufferer being eligible for grant of a patta, is not correct and in any event since the Government Memo No. 5079 Q2/67-2 dated 5-1-1968, relied on by the 1st respondent for cancelling the patta of petitioner is subsequent to the assignment made in his favour, cancellation of the assignment basing on such subsequent memo is improper.