IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11067 of 2008 Between: 1 Addagalla Subramanyam S/o.Chinna Subbarayudu R/o.Kanala (V) Nandyal(M) Kurnool District 2 Smt. Jilla jayamma W/o.Subbarayudu R/o.Kanala (V) Nandyal(M) Kurnool District 3 Poludasu Vengamma W/o.Nadipanna R/o.Kanala (V) Nandyal(M) Kurnool District 4 P.Lakshminarayanamma W/o.Chinna Subramanyam, R/o.Kanala (V) Nandyal(M) Kurnool District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Disrict Collector(Land Acquisition Officer) Kurnool,Kurnool District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Nandyal (M),Kurnool District .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ,order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the Notification No.LR RC.L36 /2008 dt.30-04-2008 issued by the respondents published on 03-05-2008 in Eenadu Telugu Daily News paper as illegal,arbitary and untenable and consequently direct the respondents not to acquire the petitioners lands for issuing the house sites situated at Khanala(V) Nandayal(M) Kurnool District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MRDADIRADHA KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners feel aggrieved by the notification dated 30.4.2008 issued by the first respondent proposing to acquire the land to an extent of Ac.8.00 to provide house sites in Khanala Village, Nandyal Mandal, Kurnool District. The petitioners state that they are small farmers and if their lands are acquired, they would be left without any livelihood. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. As of now, only a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) is issued. The enquiry under Section 5A of the Act is not dispensed with. The petitioners can put forward all their objections before the Land Acquisition Officer in the enquiry under Section 5A of the Act. There is no reason to apprehend that the grievance of the petitioners would not be taken note of by the concerned authorities. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioners to put forward their objections and representations in the enquiry contemplated under Section 5A of the Act and the respondents shall take the same into account before taking further steps. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 22-05-2008 Tsr/Stp To 1 The Disrict Collector(Land Acquisition Officer) Kurnool,Kurnool District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Nandyal (M),Kurnool District 3. Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Land Acquisition, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4. Two C.D. copies.