IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13176 of 2008 Between: 1.Movva Suryanarayana S/o Ramaswamy R/o Kocherla Village, Kalidindi Mandal, Krishna District. 2.Movva Satyanarayana S/o Ramaswamy R/o Kocherla Village, Kalidindi Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1.The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Building, Hydeabad. 2.The District Collector, Krishna Machilipatnam. Chilakalapudi, Krishna District. 3.The Land Acquisition Officer & Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudivada, Krishna District. 4.The Thahasildar (MRO) Kalidindi mandal, kalidindi, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a Writ order or orders more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents acquiring the lands of the petitioners without following the due process of law i.e 4 (1) Notification, 5 (A) enquiry proceedings U/S6 etc. of L.A. Act are illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law and consequently direct the Respondents not to acquired the lands Ac. 0.29 cents of 1st petitioner, Ac. 0.25 cents of 2nd petitioner in Kocherla Village, Kalidindi Mandal, Krishna District, on the ground that the petitioner, ac. 0.25 cents of 2nd petitioner in Kocherla Village, Kalidindi Mandal, Krishna District onthe ground that the petitioners are landless poor/Agricultural labour. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.V.V.KOTESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No.13176 of 2008 ORDER: The only grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents are attempting to dispossess them from small extents of lands possessed by them situated in Kocherla Village, Kalidindi Mandal, Krishna District for the purpose of providing house sites to the weaker sections. It is alleged that so far no notification is issued under any statute and no notice has been served on the petitioners at any point of time. Having regard to the specific allegations made by the petitioners, without expressing any opinion on merits, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the land in question without following due process of law. No costs. _______________ 24.06.2008 Note: Issue CC in two days. (b/o) VGB