THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 21634 OF 2007 O R D E R: The District Collector, East Godavari, the 3rd respondent herein, issued Notiﬁcation dated 28.7.2007, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short “the Act”), proposing to acquire Acs.9-11 cents of land in Kandregula village of Jaggampet Mandal, East Godavari District, for the purpose of providing house sites to the poor. The lands of the petitioners were also included in the notiﬁcation. They challenge the notiﬁcation on several grounds. It is pleaded that the petitioners are small farmers, and though the land belonging to government and big landlords is available, the lands of the petitioners were chosen for acquisition. Certain other grounds are also urged. On behalf of respondents, a counter aﬃdavit is filed. It is stated that enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act is in progress and that the objections raised by the petitioner, would be taken into account. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. When the writ petition was ﬁled, the enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act was in progress. During the pendency of the writ petition, the 3rd respondent passed an order dated 19.12.2007, at the end of the enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act. After taking the objections raised by the petitioners and remarks oﬀered by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer, the 3 rd respondent rejected the objections. If the petitioners feel aggrieved by the order dated 19.12.2007, they have to ﬁle separate writ petitions, raising relevant grounds. As the things stand now, this court cannot interfere with the notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Act. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioners, to pursue their remedies vis-à-vis the order dated 19.12.2007. Status quo obtaining as on today, shall be maintained, for a period of two weeks. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ 13th October 2008 PAN