IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13232 of 2008 Between: 1.Avirneni Rama Krishna S/o. A. Rama Koteswara Rao Krishna District. 2.Avirneni Srinivas S/o. A. Rama Koteswara Rao R/o. Velagalaru Village, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 2 The Land Acquisition Officer, Krishna District at Vijayawada, 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 any writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to conduct panchanama as to number of trees in existence including measurements in the petitioner's land admeasuring Ac 3.03 cents in Sy. No. 80/1 and admeasuring Ac 3.02 cents in SY.No. 80/1 of Velagaleru Village, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District respectively before taking possession of the petition Schedule land in pursuance of the Sec. 4(1) Notification dt. 23-2-2008 in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.J.U.M.V.PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No.13232 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus directing the respondents to conduct panchanama as to the number of trees in existence including measurements in the petitioners’ land admeasuring Acs.3.03 cents in Survey No.80/1 and another extent of Acs.3.02 cents in Survey No.80/1 of Velagaleru village, G.Konduru Mandal, Krishna District before taking possession of the petition schedule land in pursuance of the notification, dated 23.03.2008, published under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is brought to my notice by the learned counsel for the petitioner that in identical circumstances in respect of other lands covered by the very same notification, dated 23.02.2008, this Court passed an order, dated 07.03.2008, in W.P.No.4765 of 2008 as under. “Before passing of the award, the Land Acquisition Officer will normally get the pre-valuation report to know the value of the lands etc., and hence the length and measurement of the existence of trees also must have been taken note of. However, as the petitioners’ grievance is that there was no panchanama, and if really there is no panchanama the respondents shall conduct a panchanama to know the exact length and measurement of the trees in existence, so that the petitioners can ask for payment of appropriate compensation. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. The learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondents has not disputed the fact that the petitioners herein are also similarly situated. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of in term of the above extracted directions in W.P.No.4765 of 2008. No costs. _______________ 25.06.2008 VGB