THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.16674 of 2007 Date: 31.01.2011 Between : I. Ram Reddy and others. … Petitioners and The State of A.P., rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.16674 of 2007 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the action of the respondents in seeking to acquire various extents of lands of the petitioners in Sy.Nos.35/AE and 35/AA, situated at Raikunta village, H/o. Golkonda Kalan, Shamshabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, purportedly for the purpose of development of township and future projects, pursuant to the notification in Ref.No.G2/3178/2004, dated 19.06.2004, published in A.P. Gazette R.R.No.42, dated 24.06.2004, issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity “the Act”) and the declaration issued under Section 6 of the Act, published in A.P. Gazette in R.R.No.138, dated 30.07.2005, as arbitrary and illegal. 2. When the matter came up for hearing, Sri V. Rama Krishna Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners; the learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration appearing for respondent No.1; the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 5; and Sri Y.Ravinder, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.3 and 4 represented that the issue and the relief sought for in this writ petition is squarely covered by a judgment of this Court in GAJJELA NARASIMHA REDDY vs. COLLECTOR, RANGA REDDY DISTRICT[1] whereby this Court quashed the notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Act, holding that the purported purpose specified in the said notification is vague. 3. In view of the said submission, following the said judgment of this Court, the writ petition is allowed setting aside the impugned notification and the declaration to the extent of the lands of the petitioners are concerned. However, the respondents are not precluded from initiating the acquisition proceedings in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI 31.01.2011. Msr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.16674 of 2007 31.01.2011 (Msr) [1] 2008 (5) ALT 233