IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8486 of 2007 Between: Dayalu Ankaiah ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Chittoor District and two others .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8486 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “Writ of Mandamus declaring the notification issued by the District Collector, Chittoor, respondent No.1, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), published in the Chittoor District Gazette, Extraordinary dated 01.02.2007 vide No.16/CTR/2007 proposing to acquire Ac.2.36 cents of wet land in Sy.No.15-1 belonging to the petitioner, situated in Sathambedu village, Varadaiahpalem Mandal, Chittoor District, as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the provisions of the A.P.Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non- Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 and also violative of the provisions of the Act and set aside the same.” At the hearing, learned Asst.Govt.Pleader for Land Acquisition, on instructions, submitted that the respondents have already purchased an extent of Ac.4.06 cents in Sy.Nos.3 and 4 of Sathambedu Village, Varadaiahpalem Mandal, Chittoor District, and hence, the respondents are not proposing to acquire the land of the petitioner, notified for acquisition. The statement of the learned Asst.Govt.Pleader is recorded and the Writ Petition is closed, with liberty to the petitioner to avail his remedy, if the respondents seek to acquire his land in future. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated: 14.02.2008 Dsr