THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA W.P.No.13450 of 2007 ORDER The petitioner has prayed for quashing of the notification issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act dated 23.5.2007 under which land of the petitioner as well as others situated in Pandruwada Village, Samalkot Mandal, East Godavari District, was acquired. This Court vide order dated 28-06-2007 had granted interim stay, as a result of which, further proceedings in the acquisition proceedings have come to a stand still. It is averred in the counter-affidavit filed by the respondents that the petitioner may file his objections to the notification issued under Section 4 (1) of the Act before the 2nd respondent and in case the objections are filed, they would be considered in accordance with law. After going through the writ petition and hearing the learned counsel for parties, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file his objections under Section 5-A of the Act before 2nd respondent within a period of 30 days from today and in case, the objections are filed, the same shall be decided by the competent authority expeditiously. Till filing of such objections, the order staying further proceedings shall continue. It is made clear that in case the petitioner does not file the objections under Section 5 of the Act within 30 days, the respondents are at liberty to proceed further in the matter. No costs. _________________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,J rkk Dated: 15-12-2010