THE HONBLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.12280 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the notification dated 20.12.2007 published under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act acquiring land and house property belonging to the petitioners situated in Reach No.23 of Gattupalli Village, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa district as illegal and arbitrary. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is brought to my notice by the learned counsel for the petitioners that W.P.No.106 of 2008 filed by similarly situated persons challenging the very same notification dated 20.12.2007 was disposed of by this Court along with a batch of matters by order dated 6.2.2008 with the following directions: “ In view of the above-reproduced statement contained in the counter-affidavits, wherein a request is made to permit the respondents to withdraw notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Act, the request of the respondents is accepted. Respondents are directed to withdraw notification dated 20.12.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Act. They shall issue fresh notification by including the names and properties of the pts in accordance with the list of structures submitted by respondent No.4 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, these Writ Petitions are disposed of.” The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that since the petitioners are also similarly situated, the writ petition may be disposed of with similar directions as above. The fact that the petitioners herein are similarly situated is not disputed by the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. In the circumstances, following the order in W.P.No.106 of 2008 and batch dated 26.2.2008, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to withdraw the impugned notification dated 20.12.2007 and issue a fresh notification by including the names and properties of the petitioners in accordance with the list of structures submitted by respondent No.4 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. 17.6.2008. Kgr IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.12280 of 2008 Between: 1 Manguluru Prasad, S/o. Penchalaiah, aged about 23 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 2 Kuraku Venkata Subbaiah, S/o. Venkataiah, aged about 67 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 3 Mekala Venkata Ramanaiah, S/o. Guravaiah, aged about 42 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 4 Mekala Ratnammam W/o. Venkata Ramanaiah, aged about 38 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 5 Mekala Venkateshwarlu, S/o. Guravaiah, aged about 37 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 6 Manguluru Kondamma, W/o. Atchaiah, aged about 67 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 7 Manguluru Yanadaiah, S/o. Atchaiah, aged about 35 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 8 Manguluru Penchalaiah, S/o. Atchaiah, aged about 42 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 9 Manguluru Bujjamma, W/o. Ramanaiah, aged about 35 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 10 Manguluru Lakshmi Devi, W/o. Siddaiah, aged about 32 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 11 Manguluru Siddaiah, S/o. Chinna Venkataiah, aged about 35 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 12 Manguluru Srinivasulu, S/o. Chinna Venkata Subbaiah, aged about 28 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 13 Manguluru Chinna Venkata Subbaiah, S/o. Pedda Venkata Subbaiah, aged about 45 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 14 Manguluru Narasamma, W/o. Chinna Venkataiah, aged about 65 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 15 Tattikalam Padmavathi, W/o. Prasad, aged about 30 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 16 Meesala Tirupamma, W/o. Subbaiah, aged about 32 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 17 Meesala Subbaiah, S/o. Subbaiah, aged about 40 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. 18 Nalli Kondaiah, S/o. Musalaiah, aged about 69 years, Gattupalli Village, H/o. Obulam, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa Dist. .....PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Principle Secretary, Irrigation and Command Area Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Special Collector, Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi (GNSS), Sankarapuram, Kadapa Town & Dist. 3 The Special Deputy Collector (LA), Unit I, Telugu Ganga Project, Mamillapalle, Kadapa. 4 The Executive Engineer, Division No.1, Somasila Project, Somasila, Nellore District. 5 The District Collector cum Chairman, District Empowered Committee, Kadapa, Kadapa District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the notification issued by the 2nd respondent herein in his proceedings Ref.A1/1354/2007, dated 20.12.2007 published in the Hindu English Daily Newspaper, dated 22.12.2007 under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, acquiring the land and house properties situated in Reach No. 23 of Gattupalli Village, Gopavaram Mandal, Kadapa District as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, violative of the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act and to set-aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to issue a fresh notification duly including the house properties of the petitioners with measurements and their names in terms of the requisition prepared by the Engineering Department, Somasila Project and take steps for payment of compensation therefor, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. Govt. Pleader for General Administration Govt. Pleader for Land Acquisition. The Court made the following: