THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16843 of 2007 Date:10.12.2007 Between: Palle Yella Reddy and 74 others. … Petitioners AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented By its Secretary, Irrigation and CAD Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and five others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri D.Kodanda Rami Reddy. Counsel for the respondents: Asst. Govt. Pleader for Land Acquisition. HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16843 2007 ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Certiorari to quash notification dated 19-1-2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) as the same has not notified certain structures belonging to the petitioners for acquisition. Smt. G.Anjamma, Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition), Telugu Ganga Project Unit-II, Pedalakur at Cuddapah filed a counter-affidavit, wherein, at paragraph 3, it is mentioned as under: “The notices were received by all the petitioners. The Special Deputy Collector, accompanied with her staff visited the village on 11-9- 2007 inspected the structures existing on the lands, and completed enquiry U/s.5A. There are 145 structures existing on the ground covered by the lands in the notifications. Acting is being taken to finalize the DD U/s.6A of the L.A. Act 1955, and the approved DD will be given wide publicity through prescribed procedure for general intimation of the public as well as the petitioners”. In view of the statement contained in the above- reproduced portion of the counter-affidavit, the dispute raised in the Writ Petition need not be adjudicated on merits. The respondents shall take steps to get the declaration under Section 6 of the Act published expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months. Subject to the above observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of. -------------------------------- ---- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 10-12-2007 MNR