IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.14464 of 2009 Between: Gottipati Venkateshwarlu & others. … Petitioners And The Superintending Engineer, Sriram Sagar Project, Division No.1, Chintagattu Campus, Hanamkonda, Warangal District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri A. Prabhakar Rao Counsel for respondents : AGP for Irrigation & CAD This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 14464 of 2009 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to utilize the lands of the petitioners without acquiring the same for excavating canals under Sriram Sagar Project, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation, on instructions, submitted that the respondents are merely making markings on the lands where the canals are proposed to be dug and that without following the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the petitioners will not be dispossessed from the lands in question. This submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is placed on record and the writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.18962 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 21.07.2009 ES