THE HONOURABLE SHRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 15372 OF 2007 Dated 24th July, 2007 Between: Bandaru Appala Naidu and others. …Petitioners And Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. …Respondents. ORAL ORDER: The petitioners in this writ petition seek a declaration that the action of the respondents in taking steps for their dispossession from the lands shown in the Annexure-I to the writ petition, which reads as under: Petitioner No. Petitioner’s Name Survey No. E x t e n t Ac. Cts. 1) Bandaru Appeala Naidu 41/1 100 63/1 0.04 0.32 0.50 2) Medisetti Sanyasi Rao 67 0.35 3) Gedela LovaRaju 41-1 67 100 0.04 0.09 0.29 4) Tamarana Lovaraju 58/2 100 0.40 0.25 5) Tamarana Appala Naidu 57/2 99 1.94 3.00 6) Rongala Trimurthulu 99 0.30 7) Tamarana Muchal Naidu 41/1 67 99 0.10 0.18 0.19 8) Gedela Satyanarayana 41/1 100 0.10 0.22 9) Gorripotu Demudu 67 0.36 10) Tamarana Appala Naidu 100 0.32 11) Cheepurupalli Naidu 100 1.27 12) Tamarana Krishna 100 0.34 13) Tamarana Apparao 100 0.26 14) Rongala Bangari 99 0.18 15) Gedela Krishna Murthy 100 0.22 16) Gedela Achi Naidu 41/1 100 0.10 0.42 17) Gorli Ramulu 41/1 99 0.14 0.35 18) Rallapalli Appal Naidu 99 0.20 19) Surla Appala Naidu 99 0.39 ½ 20) Smt.Surla Ramayamma 67 0.36 21) Surla Konda 98/2 98/6 98/3 98/5 0.96 0.84 0.88 0.78 22) Bandaru Ramu Naidu 455/3 455/4 455/13 0.37 23) Bandaru Lova Raju 455/6 to 455/12 0.37 24) Bandaru Suryanarayana 455/2 455/5 455/14 448/5 448/6 0.37 0.13 25) Smt.Medisetti Kantham 67 99 103 0.72 1.54 0.47 26) Tamarana Arjuna Rao 67 100 0.08 0.26 27) Tamarana Appala Naidu 41/1 67 99 0.10 0.18 0.19 28) Bandaru Chinna Babu 41/1 67 100 0.04 0.28 0.22 is illegal and arbitrary. It is the grievance of the petitioners that they are the owners and possessors of the aforementioned lands and though the said lands are not notified for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the respondents are trying to interfere with their possession. After obtaining instructions, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents that though there is a proposal to acquire the lands of the petitioners stated above, however, no notification has been issued as on today for their acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act. As it is stated that there was no notification for acquiring the lands of the petitioners, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from their lands otherwise than by due process of law. However, this will not preclude the respondents to notify the lands of the petitioners if they are required for any public purpose as per the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Subject to above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________________ 24-7-2007 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. VR Note: Issue cc today. (BO) VR