THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3823 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the owners of Acs.97.00 of land in various Survey Numbers of Velugubanda Village, Rajanagaram Mandal, East Godavari District. The said land is proposed to be acquired for the benefit of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited, through a notification, dated 19.09.2006, published under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Though the urgency clause under Section 7 (4) of the Act is invoked, it is stated that the respondents have decided to conduct an enquiry. The petitioners challenge the notification on the ground that the permission/clearance as required under the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 (for short ‘the Act’) was not obtained. Respondent No.2 filed a counter-affidavit stating inter al i a that the permission under the Act is not necessary, particularly before the acquisition is complete. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition and the learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.2. The principal contention urged by the petitioners is that the permission under the Act was not obtained before the notification under 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act was published. This aspect of the matter has been dealt with by this Court in R.VEERA RAGHAVA PRASAD vs. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KRISHNA DISTRICT[1]. It was held that obtaining clearance/permission under the Act is not a condition precedent for acquiring any land by invoking the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. Following the same, the writ petition is dismissed. It is, however, left open to the petitioners to urge all other grounds in the enquiry under Section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:02.06.2010. kdl [1] 2008(2) ALT 136