HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.9486 of 2008 Date: November 30, 2010 Between: 1. Malaraj Tirupathi Rao & 3 others. … Petitioners and 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to (Revenue) Land Acquisition Department, Hyderabad & 3 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.9486 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners have challenged the Notification dated 15.02.2008 issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act. 2. It has been averred that while issuing the notification the urgency provision under Section 17 (4) of the Land Acquisition Act was invoked and thereby the filing of the objections under Section 5 A was dispensed with. It has further been averred that the notification under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act was not published in accordance with law and there was no publicity of the same in the locality. 3. Written statement has been filed on behalf of respondents 2 and 3 wherein the averments made by the petitioners have been denied. It has been averred that the notification under Section 4(1) was published in the newspapers on 27.02.2008 and also on 29.02.2008. It has further been averred that in fact petitioners filed a representation on 29.02.2008 which itself shows that the petitioners knew about the issuance of the notification. 4. The respondents have further stated that the land of the petitioners is situated in survey Nos.64 and 98 measuring Acs.16.01 guntas. This land is in the middle of the acquired land and bifurcates the land in two pieces. Apart from the petitioners, all other landowners are ready and willing to give their lands to the Government for the purpose to which it has been acquired. 5. Keeping in view the fact that the notification issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act was given ample publicity, as the same was published in newspapers on 27.02.2008 and 29.02.2008, and moreover, the fact that the submission of representation on 29.02.2008 shows that they were well aware of the issuance of the notification, I find no merits in the writ petition and the same is dismissed accordingly. No costs. ___________________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J Date: November 30, 2010. BSB