HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO.15861 of 1996 Between: K. Krishnaiah. … Petitioners and Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Joint Secretary, Energy, Forest, Environment, Science and Technology (PR-I) Department Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents : O R D E R : Counsel for the petitioners : Sri P. Sreedhar Reddy Counsel for the respondents : Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. Date: 8th June, 2006 The petitioner, whose father is said to have purchased an extent of Ac.6-56 cts of wet land situated in Pynapuram Village, Muthukur Mandal, Nellore District by registered sale deed from one M.H. Azeez, has filed this petition for restraining the respondents from dispossessing him from the land in his possession, which is comprised in Survey Nos. 166, 167/1 and 176/2 by alleging that respondents are seeking to dispossess him without initiating acquisition proceedings. In the counter-affidavit filed by Sri P. Rajarao, the then Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Station, Nellore, it has been averred that the land possessed by the petitioner has not been included in the acquisition notification. At the hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition stated that as and when the land possessed by the petitioner is required for any public purpose, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the petitioner will not be deprived of the disputed land without following due process of law. In view of the averments contained in the counter-affidavit and the statement made by the learned Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous. 8th June,2006 G.S. SINGHVI, CJ vtv