Badireddy Avatar Maher Baba vs Tallapu Nagaraju (Dead) By Lrs. And Ors

The Supreme Court held that under Section 17(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, any transfer of land made after the appointed date of 1.1.1975 is null and void. The Court affirmed that the respondent, having purchased land after this date, had no locus to object to the surrender of land by the declarant. Consequently, the Court allowed the appeal and set aside the High Court's direction for the authority to exercise discretion regarding land possession, citing Appineni Vidyasagar vs. State of A.P. [2004(11) SCC 186] as precedent.