THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4477 of 2008 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed with the following prayer: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in issuing a notification under Section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act 1894 in Rc No. 4564/07/G2 dt. 20-11-2007 for allegedly providing house sites to weaker sections of the Erukalapudi Grama Panchayat acquiring my land of Ac 0.99 cents in D.No. 527/4 of Erukalapudi Village, H/o. Gudivada, Tenali Mandal of Guntur District and in not issuing Notification and Section 5-A notice in the name of the petitioner even though she is owner of the said land as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and opposed to the principles of natural justice and quash the said 4(1) notification.” Petitioner claims that she is the owner and possessor of land of an extent of Ac.0.99 cents covered by D.No.527/4 of Erukalapudi Village, Hamlet of Gudivada, Tenali Mandal of Guntur District. It is stated that notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) was issued on 20.11.2007 and after conducting necessary enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act, declaration under Section 6 of the Act was published in Guntur District Gazette on 03.03.2008. It is the case of the petitioner that though the declaration issued under Section 6 of the Act was published on 03.03.2008, in the absence of interim order passed in the present Writ Petition, the proceedings are lapsed in view of Section 11-A of the Act. As per Section 11-A of the Act, it is obligatory on the part of the Collector to pass an award under Section 11 within a period of two (2) years from the date of publication of declaration and if no such award is passed, entire proceedings for acquisition shall lapse. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondents, after getting instructions, that no award is passed as on today. It is to be noticed that though the declaration under Section 6 of the Act was published on 03.03.2008, there is no award passed within the period of two years as contemplated under Section 11-A of the Act. In that view of the matter, entire proceedings shall stand lapsed. For the aforesaid reasons, the Writ Petition is allowed as prayed for. No order as to costs. ______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 9th SEPTEMBER, 2011. kvni