THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 21947 OF 2008 O R D E R: The land of the petitioner, to an extent of 0-79 cents in Sy.No.359/A2 of Podalakur village and Mandal, Nellore District, was notiﬁed for acquisition, through draft notiﬁcation, dated 7.6.2007, and draft declaration dated 8.6.2007. The award enquiry is in progress. The petitioner contends that in the notice, dated 9.5.2008, in the context of oﬀering 80% of the tentative market value, the respondents have taken into account the value that existed, much prior to the date of notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act. He claims to have made a representation, dated 31.7.2008, with a request to take the market value of the land, as on the date of draft notiﬁcation, and complain that the representation is not being considered. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The petitioner gained an impression that a particular ﬁgure is being taken as market value, when the same was mentioned in the notice dated 9.5.2008, while oﬀering 80% of the tentative market value of the land. The oﬀer made in the said notice is purely tentative and it cannot have any bearing on the actual award enquiry. It is trite that during the enquiry, the comparable sales, as well as the plea raised by the petitioner, needs to be taken into account. Even the other contentions raised by the petitioner need to be considered, during the award enquiry. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer shall take into account, all the pleas raised by the petitioner, be it as regards the value, or the extent of the land, while passing the award. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ 30th September 2008 PAN