THE HONBLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.15162 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: The lands belonging to the petitioners situated in Ullibhadra Village of Garugubilli Mandal, Vizianagaram District are sought to be acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, "the Act") for the purpose of providing house sites to the displaced families of Sunki village, whose lands were submerged under Thotapalli Barrage Project. Notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published on 12.4.2008. Though urgency clause under Section 17(4) of the Act was invoked, it is not in dispute that subsequently, the respondents proposed to conduct an enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act and the petitioners were served with notices. It is stated that the petitioners submitted their objections to the acquisition and further enquiry is pending. However, this writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the entire proceedings are arbitrary and illegal, since the lands sought to be acquired are small in extent and that the petitioners are all small farmers and if the said lands are acquired, they would be left with no other land. It is pleaded that some of the petitioners purchased small extents of land out of the compensation paid to them as displaced persons under Thotapalli Barrage Project and that there is absolutely no justification in proposing to acquire the said lands. As already noticed, enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act is being conducted and it is always open to the petitioners to raise their objections in the said enquiry. Hence, it is not necessary for this Court to make an enquiry and to record a finding of fact with regard to the tenability of the objections raised by the petitioners. However, the learned counsel for the petitioners contended that there was no proper local publication of the impugned notification. The petitioners are therefore granted liberty to raise the said objection also before the Land Acquisition Officer by making a further representation, if necessary, within a period of two weeks from today. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider all the objections raised by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after giving them an opportunity of personal hearing as provided under law. No costs. 15.07.2008. Kgr IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.15162 of 2008 Between: 1 Reddy Krishnam Naidu S/o. Appalanaidu 2 Latchireddy Venkata naidu S/o. Appalanaidu 3 Maradana Someswara Rao S/o. Late China Appanaidu 4 Pudi Adinarayana S/o. Somulu 5 Gunupuru Manmada Rao S/o. Late Appayya 6 Maradana Appalanaidu S/o. China Sivunnaidu 7 Nakkerla Tavudu S/o. Latchayya 8 Nakkerla Adinarayana @ Adinarayana 9 Gunupuru Thirupathi S/o. Appayya 10 Nakkerla Simhachalam S/o. Appayya 11 Akkena Gangamma W/o. Appayya 12 Vangapandu Lakshmana S/o. Swamynaidu 13 Kottana Yellamma W/o. Late Swamy Naidu 14 Ch. China Latrchayya, S/o. Late Narayana Murthy 15 V. Satyanarayana S/o. Late Varada Bangarraju 16 S.K.Visiswanath S/o. Srirama Murthy 17 Varada Narayana Kamaraju S/o. Late Appala Raju 18 V.Jayalaxmi W/o. Ravi Kumar 19 Varada Ravi Kumar W/o. Late Appalaraju 20 Battula Shekar S/o. Krishna Rao 21 V.Kameswari W/o. Varada Narayana Kamaraju 22 Varada Rammohan Rao S/o. Late Bangarraju 23 M.Madhavi W/o. Narsingarao 24 T.Rupa Mohini W/o. Ananda Kumar 25 M.Raja W/o. Venkata Raju All are resident of Ullibhadra, Garugubilli Mandal, Vizianagaram. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Collector, Vizianagaram. 2 Land Acquisition Officer cum Revenue Divisional Officer, Parvathipuram, Vizianagaram. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the notification RC.No.1100/2008 G.3 dated 12.04.2008 published under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act in Krishna Pattrika of Vijayawada by the 1st respondent comprises of various sub-divisions of S.No.63, 64 and 65 of the village, of Ullibhadra (V) of Garugubilli Mandal is arbitrary, illegal, and consequently quash the same and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: Dr. P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: