THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.12595 OF 2007 DATED: 18-06-2007 BETWEEN Kola Vara Lakshmi Devi, S/o. Chandrasekhara Rao, R/o. Near Tammileru, Ponangi, Eluru, West Godavari District. …PETITIONER AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner submits that she became the owner of certain extents of lands mentioned in the petition schedule situated at Kamavaraputkota Village, Chintalapudi Mandal, West Godavari District pursuant to the registered settlement deeds dated 12.12.2005, 07.02.2007 and 30.04.2007 executed by her husband. She further submits that the respondents 2 to 4 without issuing any notice, without causing an enquiry and without following due process of law attempted to acquire her lands, while so she got issued a legal notice dated 22.05.2007 to the respondents but no reply has been filed. 2. I am not inclined to express any opinion either with regard to the legal notice issued by the petitioner or with regard to the alleged action of the respondents in proposing to acquire the lands of the petitioner without specifying the purpose and reasons. However, any lands of the private citizens cannot be acquired without following the due process of law. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to acquire the lands of the petitioner without following due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J June 18, 2007 DSK