IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.14922 of 2003 Between: 1 R. Sreenivasan, S/o Late A. Ramaswamy, aged 44 years, Business, 2 R.Venkata Ramana, S/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 42 years,Business, 3 R.Raja Ratnam s/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 38 years, Business, 4 R.Sree Ram Kumar s/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 30 years, Business, 5 R.Krishna Kumar s/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 40 years, Business, 6 R.Ranganathan s/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 28 years, Business, 7 R.Shravan Kumar s/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 25 years, Business, 8 K.P.Devi w/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 65 years, House-wife, 9 R.Prahati d/o A.Ramaswamy, aged 35 years, House-wife, 10 R.Jyoti D/o Late A.Ramaswamy, aged 24 years, House-wife, All are residents of H.No.6-1-74, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Spl. Dy. Collector, Land Acquisition (Industries), Hyderabad. 3 The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd., rep. by its Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Hyderabad. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Rajendra Nagar Mandal, R.R.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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the 1st respondent in issuing Land Acquisition notification under Section 4(1) and Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in File No.G1/7180/2003, dated 6-4-2003 and 8-4-2003, purporting to acquire the lands of the petitioners situated in Sy.Nos.329, 330, 332,333 and 334 to an extent of Ac.13-03 gts. Ac.13-10 gts. Ac.12-05gts, Ac.12-13 gts. and Ac.11- 06gts.,respectively, totally admeasuring to Ac.61-37 gts of Poppalaguda Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District is arbitrary and illegal and restrain the respondents from acquiring the lands of the petitioners for the purpose of development of new projects by APIIC Ltd and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the possession and enjoyment of the petitioners over the above referred agricultural patta lands. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.H.VENUGOPAL Counsel for the RespondentS: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: ORDER: The learned Counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Land Acquisition) and the learned Standing Counsel for A.P. Industrial Infrastructure Corporation agreed that this Court disposed of W.P. No.21712 of 2002 on 25.4.2003 wherein a similar declaration under Section 6 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short, the Act) dated 10.7.2002 was challenged on various grounds. Following the same, this writ petition is also disposed of directing the respondents to issue notice for an enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act to the petitioners and take appropriate further action after such enquiry. The notice under Section 4 of the Act is not interfered with. No costs. _____________ V.V.S. RAO, J November 02, 2004. YS To 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Spl. Dy. Collector, Land Acquisition (Industries), Hyderabad. 3 The Vice Chairman and Managing Director, The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Rajendra Nagar Mandal, R.R.District. 5 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue (L.A.), High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T) 6 Two C.D. Copies.