THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO.16866 OF 1997 Date: 19th December 2006 Between: 1. M.Pedda Pennaiah, s/o late Chinnilappa, resident of Madakasira village and mandal Anantapur District and 5 others. … Petitioners. And 1. The District Collector, Anantapur and another. … Respondents. * * * ORDER: This Court issued Rule Nisi on 05.8.1997 and an order of status quo with regard to possession had been granted. 2. The writ petition is filed for a writ of Certiorari to quash notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act published in Eenadu daily, dated 27.2.1997 and 3.7.1997 acquiring the land measuring an extent of Ac.2-72 cents in survey No.278-4 of Haresamudram village, Madakasira Mandal, Anantapur district and pass such other suitable orders. 3. Several factual details are narrated and it is stated that the petitioners are small farmers. However, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition would submit that at present this land is not required, hence the other merits and demerits of the grounds in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition need not be gone into at this stage. 4. The statement made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition that subject matter of the present writ petition is not required for the purpose of land acquisition at present, is hereby recorded and in the light of the same, no further orders are required to be passed. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed for the present. No costs. __________________ P.S.NARAYANA, J. Date: 19th December 2006. BSB