THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 21393 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the owners of various extents of land in diﬀerent survey numbers of Nampally and Irala Villages, Chittoor District. Their grievance is that the respondents are undertaking survey and digging of irrigation canals over the lands without acquiring the same. The petitioners contend that neither they have given consent nor were paid compensation and still their lands are being utilized for public purpose. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The State can utilize the landed property of an individual for any public purpose, only after acquiring the same by following the procedure prescribed by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’). The petitioners assert that no notiﬁcations under Section 4(1) and 6 of the Act were published in respect of their lands. It hardly needs any emphasis that the respondents cannot dispossess the petitioners from their lands, without acquiring the same. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the respondents shall not be entitled to dispossess the petitioners from their land or otherwise utilize the same without invoking the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. There shall be no order as to costs. _​___________________ (L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J) Dt:29.09.2008 kdl