HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9143 of 2007 04.02.2008 Between: Y.Sudheer and others … Petitioners AND Sub Collector/Land Acquisition Officer, Vijayawada, Krishna District and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9143 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to invalidate notification, dated 21.04.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), whereby the petitioners’ lands situated in Jakkampudi Village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Vijayawada, Krishna District, are proposed to be acquired. Heard Sri P.Venugopal, 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 counsel for the petitioners submitted that since the petitioners were bona fide pursuing the writ petition, they did not file their objections. Therefore, the petitioners may be permitted to file their objections in the enquiry to be held under Section 5A of the Act. I find this request of the learned counsel is reasonable. Accordingly, while dismissing the writ petition, the petitioners are permitted to file their objections within a period of four (4) weeks from today and on receipt of such objections, the respondents shall hold enquiry under Section 5A of the Act by giving the petitioners an opportunity of personal hearing 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.11691 of 2007 is dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 4th FEBRUARY, 2008. kvni