IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 25594 of 2007 Between: 1 R. Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Bangaraiah, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 2 Yaka Narasimhulu, S/. Gajjelamma, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3 Nakkina Gavarraju, S/. Swami, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 4 Ruttala Yerra Patrudu, S/. Venkatramayya, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 5 Ruttala Venkata Satyanarayana, S/o. Bangaraiah, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 6 Ruttala Bangaraiah, S/o. Yerra Patrudu, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 7 Ruttala Ganga Raju, S/o. Yerrapatrudu, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 8 Ruttala Chittemmalu, W/o. Yerrapatrudu, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 9 Ruttala Venkataramaiah, S/o. Yerrapatrudu, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 10 R V Ramana Murthy, S/o. Venkatramaiah, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 11 V. Ammaji, W/o. Bulliabbai, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 12 D V V S N. Raghuverma, S/o. Venkata Krishnamraju, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 13 D. Papayya Raju, S/o. Ramachandra Raju, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 14 D A V Krishnamraju, S/o. Butchi Venkata Sivaramaraju, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 15 D V Papayya Raju, S/o. Tirupathi Raju, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 16 P. Joginaidu, S/o. bucheyya, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 17 M. Gangaraju, S/o. Nukanna, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 18 Y. Yenkinaidu, S/o. Kithaiah, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 19 R. Jogipatrudu, S/o. Chinnabbi, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 20 R. Rajababu, S/o. Krishna Murthy, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 21 Ruttala Rambabu, S/o. Pakeeru, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 22 R. Chinakonda, S/o. Chinnabbi, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 23 Ch. Appalanaidu, S/o. Narayya, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 24 R. Bullebbai, S/o. Pothuraju, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 25 P. Suryanarayanamma, W/o.Maridayya, R/o. Ramannapalem Village, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited, (APIIC), 6th Floor, Parishram Bhavan, Fateh Maidan Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad - 500 004, Rep. by its Secretary. 3The District Collector (Land Acquisition) Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 4The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) -I, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 5The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) -II, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 6The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Pedderu Medium Irrigation Project (PMIP) Chodavaram,, Visakhapatnam. 7The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Navy, Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam. 8The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam. 9The Tahsildar, Makavarapalem, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam. .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondents in issuing Sec. 4 (1) notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the purpose of establishing Industrial Park by acquiring the agricultural lands in a total extent of Ac. 1,838.52 cents of patta lands, situated in Rachapalli of Koduru, Tamaram, Bhimaboinapalem Revenue Villages and its hamlets of Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam District in the guise of public purpose and issuing different 4(1) Notifications are required by the APIIC, SEZ-I & II and Pedderu Medium Irrigation Project (PMIP), Navy for the sole purpose of establishing alluminium factory by transferring the said land in favour of a foreign firm but claiming it for the purposes of industrial park under the guise of public purpose by authorizing various authorities to initiate the acquisition proceedings as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, apart from being contrary to the very intent and purpose of the Act and in violation of Art. 14, 19, 21, 31-A and 300-A of the Constitution of India, apart from being contrary to the dicta laid down in Civil Apeal No. 4843 of 2007 in Devinder Singh & Others v. State of Punjab & Others rendered by Justice S B Sinha and Harjeet Singh Bedi, dt. 12-10-2007 which is not yet reported and also contrary to the provisions of the Environmental Laws applicable for the setting up of the proposed industry and the same are liable to be set-aside for being arbitrary, illegal, unjust, and for being confiscatory in nature and consequentially direct the Respondents not to proceed further with the acquisition process against the objections raised by the petitioners. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1to 9: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that compensation amounts have been received by all the petitioners and therefore, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________ 30-06-2008 rkk ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited, (APIIC), 6th Floor, Parishram Bhavan, Fateh Maidan Road, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad - 500 004, Rep. by its Secretary. 3The District Collector (Land Acquisition) Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 4The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) -I, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 5The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) -II, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 6The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Pedderu Medium Irrigation Project (PMIP) Chodavaram,, Visakhapatnam. 7The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Navy, Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam. 8The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam. 9The Tahsildar, Makavarapalem, Makavarapalem Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 10.2CD copies