IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.4762 of 2008 Between: 1 Raju Prabhakar Reddy, S/o Subba Reddy, R/o. D.No.20/941, Cooperative Colony, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist., 2 Raju Vijayalakshmi, W/o.Prabhakar Reddy, R/o. D.No.20/941, Cooperative Colony, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist., 3 Putlur Chinna Venkataswamy, S/o.Venkatappa, R/o. Alamkhanpalli, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist., 4 Kalamalla Guramma, W/o.K.Ramasubbaiah, R/o. Alamkhanpalli, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist., 5 Putlur Venkata Krishnaiah, S/o.Chinna Venkata Swamy, R/o. Alamkhanpalli, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist., 6 Karnapu Narayana Reddy, S/o.Venkata Subba Reddy, R/o. Alamkhanpalli, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist., 7 Bandi Gurrappa, S/o.Gudusab, R/o. Alamkhanpalli, Kadapa Town, Kadapa Dist. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Kadapa Distric, Kadapa. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kadapa. 3 The Tahsildar, Chennur Mandal,Chennur Kadapa District, .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to pass an order or direction or writ under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing notification in form No.2A, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act vide Ref.No.G/1524/2008 dated 23-2-2008, including the lands of the petitioners comprised in Sy.No.s473 to 486 of Chinnamachupalli village, Chennur Mandal, Kadapa District for the purpose of expansion of Old Air Port, Kadapa, without considering the representation of the petitioners dated 11-2-2008 as bad, illegal, arbitrary, unjust and against the principles of natural Justice and consequently direct the respondents to delete the lands of the petitioners comprised in Sy.No.473 to 486 of Chinnamachupalli Village, Chennur Mandal, Kadapa Dist., from acquisition and pass such others Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.C.DAMODAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.4762 of 2008 O R D E R According to the petitioners they gave a representation to the respondents on 11.02.2008 requesting them not to acquire their lands. Despite the same, the 1st respondent issued notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Action (for short ‘the Act’) on 23.02.2008 and hence, the petitioners approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The enquiry under Section 5(A) of the Act is mandatory. The contentions raised before this court, can as well be brought before the Land Acquisition Officer-1st respondent and, accordingly this Court is of the firm view that the respondents will consider and pass appropriate orders. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to file their objections, if any, to the enquiry to be conducted under Section 5(A) of the Act. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 7th MARCH, 2008 PGS To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.4762 of 2008 7th MARCH, 2008