IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT APPEAL NO : 906 of 2005 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 08/11/2004 in WP NO : 24000 OF 2001 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Chitti Sanyasi Demudu S/o Late Demudu, D. No. 31-25-56. Kurmannapalem Village, Vadlapudi Post, Visakhapatnam District.. 2 Lavu Sri Krishna Rao S/o Satyanarayana, D. No. 31-25-56. Kurmannapalem Village, Vadlapudi Post Visakhapatnam District. 3 Lavu Ramaseshagiri Rao S/o Satyanarayana, D. No. 31-25-56. Kurmannapalem Village, Vadlapudi Post Visakhapatnam District. 4 Lavu Amaravathi W/o Late Venkata Rama Rao, D. No. 31-25-56. Kurmannapalem Village, Vadlapudi Post Visakhapatnam District. ..... APPELLANTS AND The Special Officer, (District Collector/Land Acquisition Officer), Steel Plant Land Acquisition, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellants : SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI Counsel for the Respondent : GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court at the admission stage made the following : JUDGMENT : (Per Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, ACJ) Heard learned Counsel for the parties. The land of the petitioners appears to have been acquired in 1982. They filed a writ petition in 2001 contending that the land was not utilized for the purpose for which it was acquired, therefore it should be re-conveyed to them. The learned Single Judge, relying on various judgments of the Supreme Court, came to the conclusion that the land once acquired by the Government, becomes its absolute property and it cannot be re-conveyed. We do not find any illegality or infirmity in the order of learned Single Judge. Appeal is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________ BILAL NAZKI, ACJ 27th April 2005. _____________________ Dr. G.YETHIRAJULU, J ajr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Special Officer, (District Collector/Land Acquisition Officer), Steel Plant Land Acquisition, Visakhapatnam. 2. Two C.Cs. to the GP for Land Acquisition, High Court of A.P. buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 3. 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WA {TRT}