IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22277 of 2008 Between: 1 Velugubantla Veeramma W/o.Sri Bhaskara Rao 2 Chitneedi Seethamma W/o.Sri Satyanarayana ..... Petitioners AND 1 The District Collector, East Godavari at Kakinada 2 The Land Acquisition Officer & Revenue Divisional Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District .....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 issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the land acquisition proceedings initiated against the petitioners lands pursuant to the Notification issued under Section 4(1) of the land Acquisition Act bearing Ref.No.G2/1264/2008 dated 14.2.2008 and also the Draft Declaration issued U/s.6 of Land Acquisition Act bearing Ref.G2/1264/2008 dated 24.9.2008 for acquisition of land of an extent of Ac.1.84 cents situated in Sy.No.448/2 belonging to the 1st petitioner and an extent of Ac.0.50 cents in SY.No.449/1B and an extent of Ac.0.18 cents in Sy.No.449/6A of the 2nd petitioner in Kajuluru village and Mandal, East Godavari District as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and consequently direct the respondents to drop all further proceedings against the petitioners land in this regard. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support there of and upon hearing the arguments of SRI.N.SIVA REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioner and of GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION, for the Respondents, the Court made the following ORDER: At request of the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, Post on 21-10-2008 in Motion List. In the meanwhile, there shall be interim stay of further proceedings. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 The District Collector, East Godavari at Kakinada 2 The Land Acquisition Officer & Revenue Divisional Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District. (1 &2 by RPAD) 3 Two CCs to the GP for Land Acquisition, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 One CC to Sri.N.Siva Reddy, Advocate (OPUC) 5 One spare copy. BRT HIGH COURT LNRJ DATED: 14-10-2008 NOTE: POST ON 21-10-2008 IN MOTION LIST. ORDER: WP.NO.22277 OF 2008 INTERIM STAY HIGH COURT BRT DRAFTED ON : 15-10-2008 LNRJ DATED: 14-10-2008 NOTE: POST ON 21-10-2008 IN MOTION LIST. ORDER: WP.NO.22277 OF 2008 INTERIM STAY