THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1737 OF 2007 Date: 28.12.2007 Between: Manne Lakshmamma and another . . .Petitioners AND The District Collector, East Godavari at Kakinada and others . . .Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1737 OF 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification, dated 15.11.2006 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) and all other consequential proceedings taken thereto in respect of lands admeasuring Ac.2.36 cents and Ac.1.20 cents belonging to petitioner Nos.1 and 2 respectively, comprised in Survey No.180 of Bhadravaram Village of Yeleswaram Mandal, East Godavari District. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the only ground, on which, the petitioners filed this writ petition is that the proposed acquisition is in violation of the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 (for short ‘the 2006 Act’). Today, in a batch of writ petitions, namely, W.P.No.18881 of 2006 and batch, this Court after detailed consideration of the said issue, negatived the said contention and held that acquisition of agricultural land without conversion under the provisions of the Act cannot be invalidated on the ground of violation of the provisions of the 2006 Act. In view of the above and following the said judgment, this writ petition is dismissed with the direction that the detailed reasons contained therein shall be read as part of this order. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 28th DECEMBER, 2007 kvni