IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17705 of 2007 Between: P.Edukondalu. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam and 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.17705 of 2007 Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the notification dated 03-05-2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act as illegal. On 15-11-2007, Sri G.Vivekanand, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, stated that three persons viz., Sri B.Veerayya, Sri B.Subrahmanyam, and Sri B.Chandra Sekhar, who are the owners of the land adjacent to the petitioner’s land, which is sought to be acquired, have come forward to give away their land in lieu of the petitioner’s land. In view of the said statement, the Writ Petition was adjourned to enable the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition to get instructions in that regard. Today, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, on instructions, stated that the Land Acquisition Officer has, in principle, agreed for acquiring the land belonging to the said three persons and is prepared to drop the proposals under which the petitioner’s land was sought to be acquired. In view of the above statement of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, the Writ Petition is closed as infructuous. However, liberty is given to the writ petitioner to revive the Writ Petition in the event the respondents-authorities seek to proceed with the acquisition of his lands. No costs. ______________ 20-11-2007 LUR