HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.5556 of 2010 ORDER: The action of the respondents in issuing draft declaration, under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), is under challenge in this writ petition. The petitioner claims to be the owner of an extent of Ac.5.23 gts. in Sy.Nos. 59 and 60 and 313 sq. yards in Sy.No.131 of Velgatoor Village and Mandal, Karimnagar District. Hitherto he owned a total extent of Ac.8.03 gts. and 313 sq. yards of land of which an extent of Ac.3.20 gts. in Sy.No.141 was acquired from him by way of a notification issued on 19.12.1996. The subsequent notification, under Section 4(1) of the Act, issued on 24.11.2009 includes acquisition of Ac.3.13 gts. 8½ sq. yards, Ac.1.05 gts. and 313 sq. yards in Sy.Nos.59, 60 and 131 respectively. On the ground that repeated acquisition of land from the very same owner is impermissible the present writ petition is filed. Learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, on instructions, would submit that the Section 6 declaration was issued, without a 5-A enquiry being held, on the erroneous premise that the emergency provision, in Section 17(4) of the Act, had been invoked. Learned Government Pleader would fairly state that the respondents are ready and willing to now hold a 5-A enquiry. The draft declaration under Section 6 of the Act is, accordingly, quashed. It is open to the respondents, if they so choose, to conduct an enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act and, thereafter, proceed with the acquisition in accordance with law. All the objections raised in this writ petition can as well be agitated by the petitioner if and when such an enquiry is held under Section 5-A of the Act. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, allowed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:12.03.2010 usd