IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17785 of 2007 Between: 1 Vedantam Venkata Raghunath, S/o.V.Sampath Kumaracharaya, R/o.204, Sai Leela Apartments,Road No.1, Alkapuri, Opp. R.K.Puram Post Office, Saroornagar Post 2 V.Seshu Ram, S/o.Kesavacharyulu, H.No.373, Krishna Residency, R/o.Saroor Nagar Post, Hyderabad- 500035 3 D.S.S. Lakshmi Kumari Alias Lata Raj, W/o. D.V.R.R.Seshacharyulu, R/o.Plot No.I.D.No.2-4-136/2, Besides Krishna Timber Depot Near Snehapuri Cross Roads, Road No.18, Nalgole,Hyderabad-35 4 Mrs. B.Madhavi, W/o. Ashok Reddy, R/o.332-A, Gopala Krishna Appartments,Sumithra Nagar, Kukatpally,Hyderabad 5 K.Vijaya Bhasker Reddy, S/o. K.Krishna Reddy, R/o.332-A, Gopala Krishna Apparments, Sumithra Nagar, Kukatpally,Hyderabad 6 Dr. V.Ramachandra Murthy, S/o. Late Jaya Sunder Rao, R/o. Flat No.302, Vaishanavi Estates, 1-1-782, Street No.2 Gandhi Nagar,Hyderabad 7 VR. Sowmithri, S/o.Late V.B.Ramacharyulu, R/o.2-2-647/14, Central Excise Colony, Bagh Amberpet,Hyderabd ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by Dist Collector, Hyderabad District,Hyderabad 2 Special Deputy Collector(Land Acquisition), Unit-VII, outer Ring Road, Tarnaka Hyderabad 3 The Project Director,Outer Ring Road Project, (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority), Tarnaka,Hyd .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to isssue a writ or writs or order or direction more particuarly in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order declaring the Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act Published in Gazette RR No.47, Hyderabad dated 30-6-2004 issued by the 1st respodent including the consequential Draft Declaration under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act Published in Gazette No.R.R.No.125 dated 23-7-2005 and the subsequent proceedings under section 9(3) and 10 of the Act in From No.7 dated 28-7-2007 are illegal, void and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.A.ANASUYA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.17785 of 2007 ORAL ORDER: The learned counsel appearing on either side fairly conceded that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by the order of this Court in W.P.Nos.13863, 14247 and 14478 and 2005 dated 23.7.2008. In view of the same, following the above order, this writ petition is allowed in terms of the above order and the impugned notifications are quashed to the extent of petitioners. It is, however, made clear that this order shall not preclude the respondents from initiating acquisition proceedings afresh in accordance with law. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 9.2.2009 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.17785 of 2007 9.2.2009