IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO :16768 of 1997 Dated: 25.01.2007 Between: 1.Pennobulappa, S/o Chikka Badaja aged 45 years. 2.Karu Ponnaiah,S/o Chikka Badaja, aged 42 years. 3.Karu Obulappa,S/o Chikka Badaja, aged 35 years. 4.Karu Penna Dasappa,S/o Chikka Baaja, aged 30 years. 5.Sanna Obulappa,S/o Dasappa,aged 25 years. 6.Sanna Erranna, S/o Dasappa, aged 25 years. 7.Penna Dasappa, S/o Chikka Badaja, aged 28 years. 8.Penna Kariyanna, S/o Chikkanna, aged 52 years. 9.Penna Balanna, S/o Chikkanna, aged 37 years. All are residing at Pujaripalli, H/o Konkallu village, Gudibanda Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... Petitioners AND . 1.District Collector, Anantapur. 2.Revenue Divisional Officer, Penukonda, Anantapur District. …. Respondents THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.16768 of 1997 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the notiﬁcation issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act published in District Gazettee dated 19.04.1997 and 02.06.1997 acquiring the land measuring an extent of Ac.2.00 in Sy.No.198-1 of Pujaripalli village, hamlet of Konkallu, Gudibanda Mandal, Anantapur District and quash the same. While admitting this writ petition, this Court, on 23.07.1997, granted stay of dispossession of the petitioners from the land in question pending further orders and the same was made absolute on 06.08.1999. Now the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition submits that the land in question is no more required as the purpose for which it was sought to be acquired is not in existence and in the alternative some other land was acquired and in that regard proceedings were initiated under the Land Acquisition Act. In the light of the same, the writ petition is allowed and the notiﬁcation dated 19.04.1997 and 02.06.1997 is hereby quashed. However, it is made clear that if the land in question is required by the respondents for any public purpose, it is always open for them to acquire the same in accordance with law. ____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 25-01-2007 Gsn.