In Brief
The Telangana Housing Board acquired Survey No. 1009 in Kukatpalli village under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in 1963 for a housing scheme. Landowners later claimed that 11.10 acres were not acquired. After 25 years, they filed an application under Section 87 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Revenue Act seeking correction of the recorded area. The Supreme Court held that the entire survey number was acquired, that the alleged measurement discrepancy was not a "clerical error" as defined by law, and that the claim was barred by delay without reasonable explanation. The Court stressed that third-party housing rights had been created, making rectification impossible.
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