THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.7303 of 2007 Date: 28.01.2008 Between: Siddamsetty Abbayya & another. … Petitioners AND The District Collector, East Godavari District, Kakinada & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri K. Chidambaram Counsel for the respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.7303 of 2007 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… … Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the notification in Ref.G3/1901/06 dated 11.01.2007 issued by the 1st respondent under Sec.4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law and consequently to set aside the said notification and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” At the hearing, Sri K. Chidambaram, learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submitted that the issue raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by judgment dated 28.12.2007 of this Court in Writ Petition No.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein challenge to acquisition of agricultural lands without conversion was rejected. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in pursuance of the notice issued under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’), the petitioners filed their objections on 05.03.2007 before respondent No.2 and that in view of the stay granted by this Court in Writ Petition No.4719 of 2007, enquiry is not yet completed. He, therefore, submitted that respondent No.2 may be directed to hold enquiry by giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition says that he has no objection to the said request. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed. Respondent No.2 is directed to give an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners before proceeding further with the proposed acquisition. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.9308 of 2007 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is also dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.01.2008 ES