HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No. 318 of 2008 Date: 08-01-2008 Between: Akula Balaji Rao and 10 others. ..... PETITIO AND The District Collector, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagaram. .....RESPON THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO. 318 OF 2008 ORDER: 1. Heard Sri A.V.Sesha Sai, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. 2. The writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus declaring the Notification Rc.No.1510/2007/G3 dated 17-07-2007 (published in the Vizianagaram District Gazette part-I Extraordinary dated 18-07-2007) issued under Section 4(1) of the Act and the declaration in Rc.No.1510/2007/G3 dated 15-12-2007 (published in the Vizianagaram District Gazette part-I Extraordinary dated 17- 12-2007) issued under Section 6 of the Act by the District Collector, Vizianagaram District, Vizianagaram, 2nd respondent herein for acquisition of Ac.9.78 cents of land situated in S.Nos. 56-IC, 56-2C, 56-3A, 64-1, 64-4 to 64- 31 of Addapuseela village, Parvathipuram Mandal, Vizianagaram District as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, null and void, without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 14 and 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and opposed to the very spirit and object of the provisions of the Act and contrary to the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (conversion for non-agricultural purposes) Act, 2006 and contrary to the circular Memo No.10054/L.A.1/2005 dated 22-04- 2006 issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and to pass such other suitable orders. 3. Several facts had been narrated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. 4. Sri Sesha Sai, learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that though several suitable lands are available and several objections are available to the writ petitioners inasmuch as the enquiry under Section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) has been dispensed with, the petitioners are unable to put any such objections. 5. Learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition further taken this Court through the contents of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition and the stand taken by the writ petitioners and would submit that in the facts and circumstances of the case, an opportunity may be given to the petitioners to raise relevant objections under 5-A of the Act. 6. In view of the facts and circumstances, the petitioners are given liberty to raise objections before the third respondent within a period of six weeks after putting the writ petitioners on notice in accordance with law and the second respondent shall consider such objections and take appropriate decision. Till then, status quo obtaining as on today to be maintained. It is needless to say that inasmuch as the opportunity is given to raise the objections, issuance of the declaration under the Act would be of no consequence. 7. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ P.S.NARAYANA,J Date: 08-01-2008 Note: Issue wire at party’s cost. B/o KLP/VA