THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1039 of 2007 Date: 31.01.2008 Between: Smt. T.Sarada … Petitioner AND The District Collector, Guntur and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1039 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notification, dated 26.12.2006 issued by respondent No.1 under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’). The main ground of challenge to the proposed acquisition is that the agricultural land belonging to the petitioner is proposed to be acquired without its conversion for non-agricultural use as mandated under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Lands (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purpose) Act, 2006. This issue is no longer res integra in view of judgment, dated 28.12.2007 passed by this Court in Writ Petition Nos.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein an identical contention was rejected. At the hearing, Smt K.Sesharajyam, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned notification is vague, in that, neither individual extents of the land proposed to be acquired are notified nor their boundaries have been indicated. She further stated that there are alternative Government lands available and that as per memo No.10054/LA/1-05, dated 22.04.2006 issued by the Government, the lands should be procured by negotiations as far as possible and that this mandate is not being complied with by the respondents. I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner. Since enquiry under Section 5A of the Act is envisaged, the petitioner is provided with an opportunity to raise the above-mentioned contentions. Since none of the contentions raised by the petitioner is in the nature of jurisdictional issues, by which, the respondents could be prevented from proceeding further, I am of the considered view that the petitioner shall raise the above mentioned objections before the Land Acquisition Officer in the enquiry to be held under Section 5A of the Act. For the aforementioned reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. The petitioner is permitted to file objections within a period of three weeks from today and respondent No.3 is directed to give an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner, on receipt of the objections filed by her before completing enquiry under Section 5A of the Act. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order, dated 19.01.2007 is vacated and WPMP.No.1306 of 2007 is dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 31st JANUARY, 2008 Note: furnish c.c. in one week. B/o kvni