THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27697 of 2007 Date: 08.02.2008 Between: Pyala Narayana Rao … Petitioner AND The District Collector, Land Administration, West Godavari District and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27697 of 2007 ORDER: This petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification, dated 20.01.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) as being violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. An extent of Ac.0.72 cents of land comprised in Survey No.326/9 along with other pieces of land in Vissakoderu Village, Palakoderu Mandal, West Godavari District, was proposed to be acquired under the provisions of the Act. After completing the required formalities, award was passed on 11.07.2007. More than 5 months later, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Initially, Sri P.Narayana Rao filed the writ petition and later, he filed an application to amend the cause title by replacing him with The Chaitanya Youvajana Sangham represented by its President, Sri P.Narayana Rao. The premise, on which the present writ petition filed, is that the land of Ac.0.72 cents, which is under acquisition, is being used by the villagers to attend their nature calls and that the petitioner society which is interested in the well-being of the villagers is espousing their cause. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am satisfied that the writ petition is liable to be dismissed for more than one reason, which are stated hereunder: i) The petitioner, except claiming that it is interested in the well-being of the Villagers, failed to substantiate the same by filing any material to show that the Villagers requested the petitioner to espouse their cause; ii) Sri P.Narayana Rao, who represented the society in his capacity as President has not filed any authorization given by the society to maintain the writ petition; iii) the petitioner has not filed the notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Act, in the absence of which, the land acquisition proceedings cannot be invalidated; iv) the petitioner did not explain as to why it did not oppose the proposed land acquisition by filing objections in the enquiry held under Section 5A of the Act and allowed the award to be passed, and v) admittedly, the petitioner is neither the registered owner nor is in possession of the subject land and, therefore, it has no locus standi whatsoever to question the proposed acquisition. For the above-mentioned reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 8th FEBRUARY, 2008 kvni