IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10068 of 2007 Between: BOMMAREDDI SAMBA SIVA REDDY, S/o. Late Ramabasivi Reddy, Vyyuru, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 THE GOVT.OF A.P, rep. by its Prl. Secretary, Revenue ( Land Acquisition), Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Divional Officer-cum-Land Acquisition Officer, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The R.D.O-Cum- Land Acquisition Officer, Vijayawada,Krishna Dist. .....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 to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus delclaring the action of the 2nd responden in issuing the Notification U/s 4(1) vide proceedings RPG 4 1748 of 2007 dated 23-04-2007 published in the Eanadu Telugu daily dated 02-05-2007 for acquiring the wet land admeasuring Ac.1-00 cents in Sy.No.215/7A part of Kummamuru Village, Thotavalluru Mandal, Krishna District is illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 and the A.P.Agricultural Land Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purpose Act, 2006 and also violative of the provisions of Art.21 of the Consitution of India and consequently direct the respondent to drop the proceedings for acquiring the lands of the petitioner and pass such other order or orders. and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.Y.V.RAVI PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION Form-NIC-OGS/WP{CTMP} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10068 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare Notification dated 23.04.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), whereby an extent of Ac.1.00 comprised in Sy.No.218/7A of Kummamuru Village, Thotavalluru Mandal of Krishna District, is proposed to be acquired. Sri Y.V.Ravi Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submitted that the issue raised in this writ petition is covered by a judgment dated 28.12.2007 of this Court in W.P.No.18881/2007 and batch, wherein a similar contention has been rejected. He, therefore, sought for disposal of the writ petition by permitting the petitioner to participate in the enquiry to be held under Sec.5-A, by filing objections. In view of the above mentioned judgment, the Writ Petition is dismissed. Since the petitioner is bona fide in pursuing the present writ petition without filing objections, he is permitted to file objections in the enquiry to be held under Sec.5-A, within a period of three weeks from today, and on receipt of such objections, respondent No.3 shall give the petitioner an opportunity of personal hearing before completing the enquiry under Sec.5-A. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.12762 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated: 18.02.2008 Dsr Note: Issue copy in five days. B/o Dsr