IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22925 of 2005 Between: 1 Mustafa Ahmed Majid, s/o Syed Jahangir Ali, r/o 18-2-50, Falaknuma, Hyderabad. 2 Gulam Ahmed Sajid, s/o Syed Jahangir Ali, 18-2-50, Falaknuma, Hyderabad. 3 Sugra Begum, w/o Syed Jahangir Ali, r/o 18-2-50, Falaknuma, Hyderabad. 4 Gulam Dastageer, s/o Syed Jahangir Ali, r/o 18-2-50, Falaknuma, Hyderabad. 5 M/s.Liberty Proteins Pvt.Limited, having its Registered Office at 18-2-52, Falaknuma, Hyderabad represented through its Director, Gulam Ahmed Sajid. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District at Lakdikapul, Hyderabad. 3 Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, Police Lines, Rasoolpura, Secunderabad represented through its Vice Chairman. 4 The Land Acquisition Officer, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, Hyderabad. 5 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RAGHUVEER REDDY Counsel for Respondents 3 & 4:MR Y.RAVINDRA, STANDING COUNSEL The Court made the following : O R D E R: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in acquiring the lands belonging to the petitioners admeasuring Ac.0.16 guntas, Acs.5.29 guntas and Acs.12.07 guntas in Survey Nos.3, 4 and 5 respectively of Almasguda Village, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District vide notification dated 22-06-2004 and declaration dated 22-07-2005 issued under Sections 4(1) and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 respectively as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri K.Raghuveer Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri Y.Ravindra, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents 3 and 4, submitted that the issues raised in this writ petition are squarely covered by judgment dated 23-07-2008 of this Court in W.P. No.13863 of 2005 and batch, whereby similar notification has been quashed. In view of the same, this writ petition is allowed and the impugned notification and declaration are quashed to the extent of the lands belonging to the petitioners with liberty to the respondents to initiate proceedings afresh in accordance with law. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.20673 of 2008 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 28th July, 2008 vrn