THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.28994 of 2009 DATED: 27.07.2010 Between: M. Venka Goud and others .. Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary, Land Acquisition, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Petitioners claim to be the absolute owners and possessors of various extents of agricultural lands situated at Ribbenpally Village, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District. It is their grievance that the respondent authorities, without following due process under law, are trying to dispossess them from the said lands, on the ground that their lands are required for the purpose of laying underground pipelines for Satyanarayana Swami Lift Irrigation Scheme. This Court, on 31.12.2009, ordered status quo obtaining as on that date to be maintained for a period of four weeks and the same is directed to be continued until further orders. Seeking to vacate the said interim order, the respondents filed a vacate stay petition in W.V.M.P.No.1410 of 2010 and in the counter-affidavit filed in support thereof, while denying the allegations made by the petitioners, it is stated that the Executive Engineer, I & CAD, Sri Pada Yellampalli Project Division No.4 has submitted requisition dated 20.08.2009 for acquisition of land to an extent of 83.60 acres situated at Ribbenpally Village and some other villages of Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District, for laying pipeline under lift irrigation scheme. It is further stated that the survey work is in progress and that the lands of the petitioners will be acquired, duly following the procedure as contemplated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. In view of the specific stand taken by the respondents that due procedure as required under the Land Acquisition Act will be followed in acquiring the lands of the petitioners, no further orders need be passed in the present writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed, placing on record the stand taken by the respondents referred above. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 27th July, 2010 IBL