THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.228 of 2007 Date: 28.01.2008 Between: Somaroutu Nagendraiah & others. … Petitioners AND The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District, & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri G. Dharma Rao Counsel for the respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.228 of 2007 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… … Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the respondents herein not to proceed with the land acquisition proceedings proposed to acquire the petitioners land as per paper notification dated 14.09.2006 vide their proceedings R.C.No.3171/06/G(2) published in daily newspaper Andhra Bhoomi dated 26.09.2006 proposing to acquire the petitioners wet land in Sy.No.89/2 an extent of Ac.2.00 which is an agricultural land at Chavali Village, Vemuru Mandal, Guntur District, by declaring the same as illegal, void and without jurisdiction, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper.” At the hearing, Sri G. Dharma Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submitted that the issue raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by judgment dated 28.12.2007 of this Court in Writ Petition No.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein challenge to acquisition of agricultural lands without conversion was rejected. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in pursuance of the notice issued under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’), the petitioners filed their objections on 30.10.2006 before respondent No.2 and that in view of the stay granted by this Court enquiry under Section 5A of the Act is not yet completed. He, therefore, submitted that respondent No.2 may be directed to hold enquiry by giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition says that he has no objection to the said request. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed. Respondent No.2 is directed to give an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners before proceeding further with the proposed acquisition. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.291 of 2007 and WVMP.No.768 of 2007 are also dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.01.2008 ES