IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11201 of 2008 Between: ..... PETITIONER(S) AND .....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 Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.E.V.V.S.RAVI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11201 of 2008 ORDER: The second respondent issued a Notification, dated 21.04.2008, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short “the Act”) to acquire an extent of Ac.1.57 cents of land in Sy.No.29/5 of Thipparajapalem village, Kajuluru mandal, East Godavari District. The petitioners state that they are the owners of the land. With a view to conduct an enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act, the Land Acquisition Officer i.e. the third respondent issued a notice dated 02.05.2008 inviting objections. The grievance of the petitioners is that though 12.06.2008 was fixed as last date for submission of objections, personal hearing is scheduled to take place on 07.06.2008. The petitioners point out certain procedural defects also. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. Having issued notification under Section 4(1) of the Act, the second respondent did not dispense with enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act. Therefore, the third respondent issued a notice under Section 5-A of the Act in Form No.3 inviting objections. It is true that there is some inconsistency in the notice, namely the last date for submission of objections was stipulated as 12.06.2008 and personal hearing is sought to be held on 07.06.2008. This appears to be an inadvertent mistake. The grievance of the petitioners can be attended to by directing that the personal hearing shall be held on or after 12.06.2008. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing that the third respondent shall consider the objections that can be raised by the petitioners on or before 12.06.2008 and conduct the personal hearing on any date subsequent to 12.06.2008. No order as to costs. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Date:28.05.2008 Ccm/nsr