IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16898 of 2008 Between: Injam Satyanarayana Prasad S/o. Ramaiah R/o. Bheemavaram Village, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Krishna District,Machilipatnam. 2 The Assistant Collector, Krishna District, Vijayawada. 3 The Tahasildar, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a writ or order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in issuing the notiﬁcation U/s. 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act vide Rc.No.G4/5765/2007 dt.14-12-2007 for acquiring the land of the petitioner to an extent Ac 0-50 cents in Sy.No.156 part of Bheemavaram Village , Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District for the propose for granting of assignment house sites pattas as arbitrary and illegal in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.NAGENDRA REDDY Counsel for Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The land belonging to the petitioner situated in S.No.156 of Bheemavaram Village, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District, is sought to be acquired under the provision of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short ‘the Act’) for the purpose of providing house sites to the members belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes. In the enquiry conducted under Section 5-A of the Act, though the petitioner submitted his objections for the acquisition, the same were rejected by order, dated 25.01.2008. However, subsequently, the petitioner made a representation in the month of March 2008, requesting the respondents to take his land situated in R.S.No.153/4 instead of R.S.No.156 covered by the notiﬁcation dated 14.12.2007. It is stated by the petitioner that since the land situated in R.S.No.156 is an agricultural land, if the same is acquired, he would be deprived of his only source of livelihood. Whether the land now oﬀered by the petitioner is suitable for public purpose for which the land is sought to be acquired or not, is a question to be considered by the respondents. Since the representation made by the petitioner is pending, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till then, status quo obtaining, as on today as to the nature and possession of the land in question, shall be maintained. ____________ (G. Rohini, J.) 6th July, 2008 Js. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Krishna District,Machilipatnam. 2 The Assistant Collector, Krishna District, Vijayawada. 3 The Tahasildar, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District. 4 2 CCs to G.P. for Land Acquisition, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad. (OUT) 5 2 CD copies.