HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10443 of 2007 04.02.2008 Between: Pinnamaraju Satyanarayana Raju and others … Petitioners AND The District Collector, Krishna District and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10443 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification, dated 05.05.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), whereby the land of the petitioners admeasuring Ac.6.00 cents comprised in R.S.No.128/2 situated at Jakkampudi Village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District, is proposed to be acquired. Heard Sri S.S.Varma, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. At the hearing, it is conceded by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the only contention raised in this writ petition, namely, validity of proposal to acquire agricultural land without its conversion for non-agricultural use is no longer res integra in view of judgment, dated 28.12.2007, passed by this Court in Writ Petition Nos.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein a similar contention has been rejected. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed. Since the petitioners did not file their objections, they are permitted to file their objections within a period of four (4) weeks from today and on receipt of such objections, the respondents shall hold enquiry under Section 5A of the Act by giving the petitioners an opportunity of personal hearing before seeking to proceed further with the proposed acquisition. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order, dated 16.05.2007 is vacated and WPMP.No.13171 of 2007 is dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 4th FEBRUARY, 2008. kvni