IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.18035 of 2007 Between: 1 D. Ravinder Reddy S/o Ram Reddy 2 D. Ravinder Reddy S/o Ram Reddy Both R/o Plot No.45, Lakshminarasimhapuram Colony, Hastinapuram North, LB Nagar, R.R. District. 3 Sri Y. Laxminarayana S/o Siddiramulu R/o H. No. 3-3-309 (New), Near Ring Road, LB Nagar, Ranga Reddy (district) 4 Sri Miryala Sreesookthi S/o Chandra Mohan R/o H. No.16-153, Katamayya Bazar, Nakerekal, Nalgonda (district) 5 Sri Mohd. Younis S/o Mohammed Ghouse, R/o H. No. 16-3-62/1, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad 6 Smt. Habeebunnissa Begum D/o Mohd. Gulam Ali R/o H. No. 16-3-62/1, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad. 7 Sri Md. Shoukat Ali S/o Md. Jahangir ali R/o H. No. 2-3-54/11/4/19, Quadri Bagh, Hyderabad. 8 Sri Ashraf Ali S/o Md. Jahangir Ali R/o H. No.11/7, Kachiguda Quarters, Kachiguda, Hyderabad. 9 Sri Md. Ashaq Ali S/o Md. Jahangir Ali R/o H.No.2-3-54/11/H/19, Quadri Bagh, Amberpet, Hyderabad. 10 Sri K. Gopal Reddy S/o Yella reddy R/o A-64, SBH Colony, Saidabad, Hyderabad. 11 Ms. R. Vineela S/o R. Jagadish Kumar R/o HIG-38, Behind Canara Bank, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. 12 Sri R. Kalyan Kumar S/o R. Jagadish Kumar R/o HIG-38, Behind Canara Bank, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. 13 Smt. D. Prasanna Laxmi W/o D. Ravinder Reddy R/o Plot No. 45, Hastinapuram North, Karmanghat, Hyderabad. 14 Smt. Tanweer Majeed W/o Mohd. Ashfaq Ali R/o 2-3-54/11/H/19, Quadri Bagh, Road No.6, Amberpet,Hyderbad. 15 Sri D. Seetha Rama Raju S/o D. Srinivasa Raju R/o Plot No. 113, Abyudaya Nagar, Chinthalkunta, LB Nagar, Ranga Reddy (District) 16 Senior Citizens welfare Association, Hyderabad (SWAN), Regd. No. 583/1996, rep by its President, Sri C. Prem Kumar Reddy S/o Nagi Reddy Aged about 69 years, Occ: Retd. Govt. Employee, r/o B-28, B Blocks, Malakpet, Hyderabad-36 17 Ms. R. Shilipika D/o R. Jagadish Kumar R/o HIG-38, Behind Canara Bank, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. 18 Sri Mohd. Ilyas S/o Mohd. Ghouse R/o H.No. 16-3-62/1, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad. 19 Sri Mohd. Samdani S/o Mohd. Ibrahim r/o H. No. 178-415/25, Yakutpura, Bajagahara, Hyderabad. 20 Sri Chowdavaram Surendranath Reddy S/o c. Prem Kumar Reddy R/o H. No. 17-1-391/T/8, Saraswathi Nagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad. 21 Smt. D. Janikamma W/o D. Seetha Rama Raju r/o Plot No. 113, Abyudayanagar, Chintalkunta, LB Nagar Ranga Reddy District. 22 Sri P. Ramachandra Rao S/o P. Guru Murthy R/o C/o A. Nageswara Rao C0158, Malakpet Colony, Hyderabad. 23 Sri P. Sarveshwara Rao S/o P. Ramachandra Rao r/o 4/D Brahmananda Reddy NMagar Near Malakpet Colony, Hyderabad. 24 Sri A. Nageswara Rao S/o A. Chiranjeevi Rao R/o C-158, Malakept Colony, Hyderabad. 25 Sri Patnala Nagar Satya Prabhavathi W/o P. Nagendra Babu R/o Q. No. 106-B, Railway quarters, tuni-533 401. 26 Smt. Nagulakonda Chitti Rajeshwari W/o N. Jitendra Babu R/o Andhra bank, Mlyalaguda, Nalgonda District. 27 Sri Pudi Chiranjeevi Rao S/o P. Ramachandra Rao R/o 4/B Brahmanda Nagar, Malakpet, Hyderabad 28 Smt. Y. Jaya Sree W/o Y. Shiva Prasad, R/o H. No. 4-4-244, Gandhinagar, Secunderabad. 29 Smt. Bairagouny Chandramma W/o B. Veera Swamy R/o H. No. 12-1-205, Krushinagar Colony, Bandlaguda, Nagole, Ranga Reddy District. 30 Smt. E. Vlijaya Laxmi W/o E. Sai Kumar R/o H. No. 7-2-97/45, Saraswathi Nagar Bairamalguda, Ranga Reddy District. 31 D. Ravinder Reddy S/o Ram Reddy R/o Plot No. 45, Lakshminarsimhapuram Colony, Hastinapruam North, LB Nagar, R.R. District. 32 Sri P. Ravinder S/o Late Jangaiah R/o. H.No.2-88, Gurramguda(V) Saroornagar (M), Ranga Reddy District. 33 Smt. Sunkari Sunitha W/o S. Srinivasa Goud R/o H. No. 13-21, Margadarshi Colony, Near Astalaxmi Temple, R.K. Puram, Hyderabad 34 Sri P. Konda Raju S/o P.V.S. Raju r/o Plot No. 113, Abhudayanagar Chinthalkunta, LB Nagar, Hyderabad. 35 D. Uma W/o R. Purshothama Varma R/o Plot No. 113, Abhudayanagar Chinthalakunta, LB Nagar Hyderabad. 36 Sri G. Lavanya W/o G. Venkatesh R/o H. No. 3-9-127/1, Plot No 29 Srlramnagar Colony, Mansoorabad (V), Sarrornagar (M), Ranga Reddy district 37 Sri Debbadi Yadagiri Reddy S/o D. Ram Reddy R/o Gaddamallaiahguda (V), Yacharam (M) Ranga Reddy District 38 A. Sravathi D/o A. Venkat Reddy R/o Plot No2 & 3, Janaki Enclave, Karmanghat, Hyderabad. 39 Sri Jambula Prashanth Reddy S/o Goverdhan Reddy, R/o H. No. 7-2-93/4/3, Mallikarjuna Nagar Colony, Bairamlaguda, LB Nagar, Hyderabad. 40 J. Sravanthi Reddy W/o Prashnath Reddy R/o H. No. 7-2-93/4/3, Mallikarjuna Nagar Colony, Bairamalguda, LB Nagar, Hyderabad. 41 J. Savitramma W/o Goverdhan REddy R/o H. No. 4-106, Machal Village, Ibrabimpatnam, Ranga Reddy (District). ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretarait buildings, at Hyderaabd. 2 The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, rep by its Vice Chairman, Police Line, Rasoolpura, Secunderabad. 3 The Special Deputy collector, LA-II, Outer Ring Road, HUDA Complex, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. 4 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy (District), Lakdikapul, at Hyderabad. 5 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Hayathnagar (Mandal), Ranga Reddy 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of "Writ of Mandamus" declaring the action of the respondents 1 to 5 herein in acquiring the layouted plots of petitioners namely an extent of 6,668 sq Yards out of Sy. Nos.53, 54, 55 & 56 and an extent of 3,816 sq. Yards out of Sy. No.57 and an extent of 2,950 sq. Yards out of Sy.No.640, and an extent of 5,099 sq. yards out of Sy.No.642 and an extent of 7,309 sq yards out of Sy. No. 643 all situated at Adithyanagar, Turkayamjal (Village), Hayathnagar (Mandal), Ranga Reddy (District) for the public purpose of development of Township and future projects in pursuance of 4(1) notification published in A.P. Gazette No. 45 dated 28-6-2004 and also 6 declaration in R.R. No. 121 & 124 published on 23-7-2005 Gazette as arbitrary, illegal and without jurisdiction and quash the same and pass such further order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION MR. Y.RAVINDRA The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.18035 OF 2007 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 of this Court in Gajjela Narasimha Reddy and others v. Collector, Ranga Reddy District and another[1]. Therefore, this writ petition is also liable to be allowed in terms of the said judgment. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned notification is 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. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 11th February, 2009. IBL [1] 2008 (5) ALD 302