IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 9312 of 1996 Between: 1 Kaneez Fatima, D/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 2 Asghar Ali, S/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 3 Mirza Hussain Ali, S/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 4 Mirza Hyder Ali, S/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 5 Sajjadi Begum, D/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 6 Masooma Fatima, D/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 7 Yaseen Fatima, D/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 8 Zebunnissa Begum, D/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 9 Mujahed Ali Khan S/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 10 Kharunnissa Begum, D/o Zaibunnissa Begum, R/o 6-3-612, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Special Deputy collector, Land Acquisation (Industries) Hyderabad. (3) The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, at Hyderabad (4) The Revenue Divisional Officer, R.R.District, at Hyderabad (Case against respondents 3 and 4 is dismissed for default as per court order dt:11.4.2000) 5 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankerpally Mandal, Shankerpally, R.R.District. 6 The Secretary & General Manager (Law), National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., NTPC Bhavan, Scope Complex, 7 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ, order or direction and more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents herein to allow the petitioners to participate in the land Acquisation enquiry and subsequent porceedings by way of filing claim petition as per the Notification no. 01-SBC-GB-25 dt:1.11.95 published in the English daily Deccan Chronicle dt:17.11.96 in respect of the land to be acquired, belonging to the petitioners in Survey No. 208 to 218, 234 to 257, 259 to 268 and 287 to297, totally admeasuring about 600 acres situated at Shankerpally (V), and (M), of R.R.Dist under the provisions of the Land Acquisation Act, For the Petitioners: MR.MOHD. OSMAN SHAHEED, Advocate For the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: When the matter came up today for final hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners reported that he has no instructions from the petitioners. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 19-11-2004 Svv To 1 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Special Deputy collector, Land Acquisation (Industries) Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, at Hyderabad 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, R.R.District, at Hyderabad 5 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shankerpally Mandal, Shankerpally, R.R.District. 6 The Secretary & General Manager (Law), National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., NTPC Bhavan, Scope Complex, 7 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003.