THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3122 of 2008 Date: 15.02.2008 Between: Nakka Rohinamma … Petitioner AND The District Collector, Srikakulam and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3122 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification, dated 08.06.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), order, dated 17.11.2007 passed by respondent No.2 and declaration, dated 23.01.2008 issued under Section 6 of the Act. Heard Sri R.Radhakrishna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. At the hearing, though the learned counsel for the petitioner raised several grounds, there is no need to deal with all those grounds in view of the fact that the Court is convinced that respondent No.2 has no power or jurisdiction to pass an order on the objections of the petitioner. Under Section 5A of the Act, it is the appropriate Government, which is empowered to dispose of the objections of the landowners. But, however, by the State amendment introduced by way of Section 3A of the Act, this power of the State Government is delegated to the District Collectors. Respondent No.2, not being the District Collector, is, therefore, not having any jurisdiction to dispose of the objections of the petitioner. On this short ground, without going into the merits of the other contentions raised by the petitioner, order dated 17.11.2007 passed by respondent No.2 is set aside. Consequently, declaration, dated 23.01.2008 issued under Section 6 of the Act is also set aside. Respondent No.1 is given liberty to consider the objections of the petitioner along with the report, if any, of respondent No.2 and pass a final order on the objections of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly allowed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15th FEBRUARY, 2008 Note: issue copy in three (3) days. B/o kvni