THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11831 of 2007 Date: 17.01.2008 Between: Samayamathula Naga Satya Venkata Subramanaya Janaraja Gupta … Petitioner AND The Govt. of A.P., rep by Principal Secretary, Revenue (Land Acquisition) Department Hyderabad. & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri S.V.Subramanyam Counsel for respondents : A.G.P. for Land Acquisition HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11831 of 2007 ORDER:- At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The main contention raised in this writ petition, namely, that the agricultural lands of the petitioner proposed for acquisition under the impugned notification cannot be acquired without its conversion under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non- Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006, has been rejected by this Court by judgment dated 28.12.2007 in W.P.No.18881 of 2007 and Batch. In view of the same, this writ petition is dismissed with the direction that the detailed reasons contained therein shall form part of this order. In the counter affidavit filed by respondent No.3, it is mentioned that in response to the notice issued under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act 1894, the petitioner sent his objections and was represented by an Advocate in the enquiry held on 15.5.2007. He requested for grant of further time to adduce evidence and filed the present writ petition. Since the enquiry is yet to be completed, the respondent No.3 is directed to complete the enquiry after giving fresh notice to the petitioner. It is needless to state that in the event an adverse order is passed against the petitioner, he is at liberty to question the same by the appropriate proceedings. Subject to the above observation, the writ petition is dismissed. ___________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:17.01.2008 mdaa