IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17359 of 2007 Between: 1 K.Manjula W/o.K.Venugopal Reddy R/o.H.No.2-2-1146/7/9A, New nallakunta, Hyderabad 2 A.Radha Krishna S/o.A.Yadagiri Rao R/o.flat No.101, TNR Vaishnavi Apts., Besides Ganga Jamuna Hotel,Lakdikapul Hyderabad 3 A.Haritha W/o.Radha Krishna R/o.Flat No.101, TNR Vaishnavi Apts., Besides Ganga Jamuna Hotel, Lakdikaul,Hyderabad 4 Ch.Mukunda Rao S/o.Ramanuja Rao R/o.Flat No.204, Banjara Sadan Apartment Himayat Nagar, Hyderabad 5 Ch.Muralidhar Rao S/o9.S.Mukund Rao R/o.Banjara Sadan Apartment, Himayat Nagar Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Govt of AP., rep.by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, secretariat, secretariat Buildings, Saifabad Hyderabad 2 Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, rep.by its Vice Chairman, Police Lane,Rasulpura, Secunderabad 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, office at Lakdikapul, Hyderabad 4 Special Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition II, Outer Ring Road, HUDA complex,Tarnaka, Hyderabad 5 Land Acquisition Officer,Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, HUDA complex,Tarnaka, Hyderabad .....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 issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring that the action of respondent No.5 in issuing notices under section 9(3) and 10 of the Land Acquisition Act,fixing 17.8.2007 for enquiry pursuant to the draft declaration No.G1/3137/2004 and G1/3135/2004 dated 28.7.2005 issued under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act in respect of Ac.7.26 guntas of agriculture land situated in Survey No.603/3, and 594/AA, 594/E,594/EE, 594/U of nadergul village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District belonging to the petitioners is arbitrary, illegal, capricious and violative of Article 14,21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India apart from being in violation of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to consider the Consent Letters given by the petitioners to pass Consent Awards under section 31(3) of Land Acquisition Act to the petitioners/Lad owners in exchange of their lands for township projects proposed by HUDA under the Township & Future projects at Saroornagar Mandal, R.R.District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.V.DYUMANI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel on either side fairly conceded that the issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment in W.P.No.16677 of 2007 dated 31-12-2008, which reads as under: “Both Sri V.Rama Krishna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri Y.Ravindra, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, would agree that the subject matter of this writ petition is covered by the judgment of this Court in Gajjela Narasimha Reddy v. Collector, Ranga Reddy District[1]. Following the law laid down therein, this writ petition is also allowed and the impugned notifications are quashed to the extent of the lands belonging to the petitioners. The respondents, however, are not precluded from initiating acquisition proceedings afresh in accordance with law and in the light of the findings recorded in the aforesaid judgment. No costs.” In view of the same, this writ petition is also allowed in terms of the above judgment. No costs. ________________ 28th January, 2009 SKM [1] 2008 (5) ALT 233