IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 4072 of 2007 Between: 1 G. Eswara Reddy S/o. Late G. hanumantha Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 G. Narasimhareddy S/o. Late G. hanumantha Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 G. praveena W/o. G. Lakshmi Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 4 G. Ramulamma W/o. Late G. Krishna Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 5 G. Pedapullareddy S/o. Late G. Lakshmi Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 6 G. Sankaramma W/o. Late G.C. Pulla Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 7 G. Nagireddy S/o. Late G. Pedanarayana Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 8 G. Swamy Reddy S/o. G. Ayyapu Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 9 G. RamaiahS/o. Late G. Pedanarayana Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 10 S. Beesanna S/o. Late S. Nadipi Beesanna R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 11 G. Sheshi Reddy S/o. Late G. Sanjeeva Reddy R/o. Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District. 12 V. Vijayalakshmi W/o. V. yugandhar R/o. Plot No. 62, Lakshmi Gardens , Near New Ayyapaswami Temple, Joharapuam Road, Kurnool . 13 V. Vugnadhar S/o. V. BalakrishnanDas R/o. Plot No. 62, Lakshmi Gardens , Near New Ayyapaswami Temple, Joharapuam Road, Kurnool . 14 Suddala Venkateswarlu S/o. S. Ramanna R/o. H.no. 2-117, Kalluru & Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Kurnool District, Collectrate Complex, Kurnool. 3 The Revenue DIvisional Officer Cum Land Acquisition Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kallur Manal, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.CHANDRAIH NAIDU The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4072 of 2007 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification dated 17.07.2006 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’) in respect of the lands of the petitioners comprised in Sy.Nos.217/1 and 217/3 of Kolluru Village and Mandal, Kurnool District. At the hearing, Smt. S. Sasi Devi, Revenue Divisional Officer-cum-Land Acquisition Officer, Kurnool is present and she apologized for the lapse in sending the record. Her explanation is accepted. Learned counsel for the petitioners stated that the petitioners are mainly concerned with the fixation of proper market value and the proposals for fixing proper market value were referred to the State Level Negotiation Committee by the District Level Negotiation Committee and the same are pending before the State committee. He submitted that the adjudication of the writ petition on merits may not be necessary and the petitioners may be given liberty to pursue their right to get proper market value for the lands under acquisition. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous giving liberty to the petitioners to pursue their right on the issue of fixation of proper market value. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition in the manner indicated above, WPMP.No.5201 of 2007 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is also disposed of. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 21.02.2008 ES