THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 342 of 2007 DATED: 18-1-2007 Between: Vambaravalli Sanyasi Rao @ Sanyasi …Petitioner and The District Collector, Srikakulam and others …Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No.342 of 2007 Oral order: This writ petition is barred by gross laches and delay. What is assailed is the notification issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) and published in the Gazette dated 4-1-2006 dispensing with enquiry under Section 5 of the Act on invocation of the urgency clause under Section 17 (4) of the Act. The acquisition is for the purpose of rehabilitating persons who have lost their houses on account of the acquisition for the construction of Parapuram balancing reservoir. As the writ petition has been filed after more than a year from the date of the impugned notification under Section 4 (1) of the Act, no case is made out for interference. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission after hearing the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. No order as to costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 18th January, 2007 GRR