IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWELTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.21403 of 2009 Between: Nagam Venkata Ramana, S/o. Subba Rao and others ..... PETITIONERS AND The Land Acquisition Officer/Revenue Divisional Officer, Peddapuram Revenue Division, East Godavari District and others ....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners : Counsel for the Respondents : The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.21403 OF 2009 ORDER: Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition had taken notice on behalf of respondents and request time to get instructions on 07.10.2009. The written instructions are placed before this Court. 2. It is stated that on 03.08.2009 one landowner Sri Nagam Ganga Venkataramana had sent a petition through his representative stating that he is unable to attend the 5-A enquiry on 03.08.2009 and requested for adjournment. Accordingly, the Land Acquisition Officer & Revenue Divisional Officer (LAO & RDO), Peddapuram had posted the 5-A enquiry on 10.08.2009. 3. On 10.08.2009, the landowner Sri Nagam Ganga Venkataramana had attended the 5-A enquiry and filed his written statement/ objections before the LAO & RDO, Peddapuram. 4. The LAO & RDO, Peddapuram had submitted his report on the objections filed by the landowners to the District Collector, East Godavari, Kakinada, vide his representation dated 31.08.2009. 5. The District Collector, East Godavari, Kainada had issued notice vide Ref.G3/7055/2008, dated 05.09.2009 to the landowners posting the personal hearing on 14.09.2009 at Collectorate, Kainada. The notices were served on the landowners. 6. On 14.09.2009, the landowners have attended before the District Collector and filed their objections. The District Collector had instructed the LAO & RDO, Peddapuram and also the Tahsildar, Tuni to enquire into the objections filed by the landowners. The enquiry is going on. 7. It is further stated that as the matter stood thus, the landowners namely Sri Nagam Venkata Ramana and five others of Chamavaram Village have approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 8. It is stated that the objections also had been filed and the personal hearing is going to be given by the District Collector in connection with the enquiry under Section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. 9. It is needless to say that the District Collector, East Godavari District, Kakinada, respondent No.3 herein, may have to go through the objections already filed and after giving personal hearing, as required by law, may further proceed with in this regard. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ P.S.NARAYANA, J October 12, 2009 MD