HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7283 of 2007 04.02.2008 Between: Yarlagadda Raja Rao and another … Petitioners AND The District Collector, East Godavari and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7283 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to invalidate notification, dated 06.02.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), whereby lands admeasuring Ac.4.72 cents and Ac.1.66 cents situated in Survey Nos.31/1 and 32/4 respectively situated at Jaggammagaripeta Village, Samalkot Mandal, East Godavari District, are proposed to be acquired. Heard Sri K.Venkatesh, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. At the hearing, it is conceded by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the issue raised in this writ petition, namely, validity of proposal to acquire the agricultural lands without its conversion for non-agricultural use is covered by judgment, dated 28.12.2007, passed by this Court in Writ Petition Nos.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein a similar contention has been rejected. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in response to the notice issued under Section 5A of the Act, the petitioners sent their objections on 07.03.2007 through registered post. This writ petition is, therefore, disposed of directing the respondents to hold enquiry under Section 5A of the Act by giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners before seeking to proceed further with the proposed acquisition. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, interim order, dated 10.04.2007 is vacated, WPMP.No.9288 of 2007 is dismissed and WVMP.No.1800 of 2007 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 4th FEBRUARY, 2008. kvni