THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.29720 of 2011 Dated 29th December, 2011 Between: Bondada Suryanarayana …Petitioner And The Government of Andhara Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Endowments) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri A.V.Sesha Sai Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP for Revenue Counsel for respondent No.4: Sri V.Venugopala Rao The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside notification, dated 02.02.2005, issued by respondent No.1, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) and declaration, dated 12.04.2007, issued under Section 6 of the Act to the extent they relate to Acs.2.60 cents in R.S.No.51/1C, Ac.0.30 cents in R.S.No.50/1B and Ac.0.03 cents in R.S.No.50/6B of Dwaraka Tirumala Village and Mandal, East Godavari District. At the hearing, it is conceded by the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition and Sri V.Venugopala Rao, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.4, that declaration under Section 6 of the Act was published beyond the stipulated period of one year from the date of publication of notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Act and that therefore, the acquisition proceedings have lapsed. In view of the above, the writ petition is allowed declaring that the impugned notification has lapsed to the extent of the petitioner’s land only. This order, however, does not preclude the respondents from initiating land acquisition proceedings afresh. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.36806 of 2011 and W.V.M.P.No.4800 of 2011 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 29th December, 2011 VGB