HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.24757 of 2009 ORDER: Heard Sri P. Srinivasulu, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, and the Learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. At their request the Writ Petition is being disposed of at the stage of admission. The notification, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), issued on 28.09.2009 is under challenge in this writ petition on the ground that providing amenities to the pilgrims to visit Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, Kadapa is not a public purpose for which the petitioners’ lands can be acquired. It is evident from the material filed along with the writ petition that a notice under Section 5-A of the Act was issued, to which, Sri P. Srinivasulu, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, states that the petitioners had submitted their objections. However, in view of the interim order of status quo passed by this Court on 16.11.2009, no orders could be passed under Section 5-A of the Act. Since the question as to whether acquisition of the petitioners’ lands is for a public purpose or not is also a matter which can be raised in proceedings under Section 5-A of the Act, and as the petitioners’ claim to have raised such an objection, I consider it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the third respondent to consider the petitioners’ objections, including that the acquisition is not for a public purpose, and pass orders on their objections in accordance with law. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:01.06.2010 usd