THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.207 of 2007 Date: 28.01.2008 Between: Tulabandula Nageswaramma & others. … Petitioners AND The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District, & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri G. Dharma Rao Counsel for the respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.207 of 2007 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… … Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the respondents herein not to proceed with the land acquisition proceedings proposed to acquire the petitioners land as per paper notification dated 29.09.2006 vide 1st respondent proceedings R.C.No.3170/06/G(2) published in Andhra Jyothi Newspaper dated 20.09.2006 proposing to acquire the petitioners dry land in Sy.No.193/2 an extent of Ac.0.29 cents and in Sy.No.195/2 an extent of Ac.2.30 cents of wet land i.e., total extent Ac.2.59 cents situated in Manchikalapudi Village, hamlet of Morampudi, Duggirala Mandal, Guntur District by declaring the same as illegal, void and without jurisdiction, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper.” At the hearing, Sri G. Dharma Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submitted that the issue raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by judgment dated 28.12.2007 of this Court in Writ Petition No.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein challenge to acquisition of agricultural lands without conversion was rejected. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in pursuance of the notice issued under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’), the petitioners filed their objections before respondent No.2 and that in view of the stay granted by this Court enquiry is not yet completed. He, therefore, submitted that respondent No.2 may be directed to hold enquiry by giving an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition says that he has no objection to the said request. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed. Respondent No.2 is directed to give an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners before proceeding further with the proposed acquisition. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.266 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.01.2008 ES