HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9147 of 2007 04.02.2008 Between: Sri V.Mohan Rami Reddy and others … Petitioners AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9147 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification, dated 08.03.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’). Heard Sri A.Chandraiah Naidu, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. At the hearing, it is conceded by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the main contention raised in this writ petition, namely, validity of proposal to acquire agricultural land without its conversion for non-agricultural use is no longer res integra in view of judgment, dated 28.12.2007, passed by this Court in Writ Petition Nos.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein a similar contention has been rejected. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition submitted that in response to the notice issued under Section 5A of the Act, the petitioners filed their objections and at that stage, they filed the present writ petition. She further submitted that in view of the pendency of the writ petition, enquiry under Section 5A of the Act is not completed. In view of the above, while dismissing the writ petition, the respondents are directed to conduct enquiry under Section 5A of the Act by giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners before seeking to proceed further with the proposed acquisition. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order, dated 27.04.2007 is vacated and WPMP.No.11695 of 2007 is dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 4th FEBRUARY, 2008. kvni