THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.4164 of 2007 Date: 28.01.2008 Between: Srikakolapu Ramakrishna & others. … Petitioners AND Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (L.A.), Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri T.V.S. Prabhakar Counsel for the respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION. No.4164 of 2007 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… … Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the land acquisition notification in Ref.No.G3/1901/2006 to acquire the land an extent of Ac.0.74 cts in Sy.No.575/1 of Kothapeta Mandal, East Godavari District issued by the respondents as illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to the provisions of the land acquisition act and also to the provisions of the Act 3 of 2006 and set aside the same, consequently directing the respondents not to disposes the petitioner from the said land and pass any other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” At the hearing, Sri T.V.S. Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submitted that the issue raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by judgment dated 28.12.2007 of this Court in Writ Petition No.18881 of 2006 and batch, wherein challenge to acquisition of agricultural lands without conversion was rejected. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed. Respondent No.3 is directed to give an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioners before proceeding further with the proposed acquisition, if enquiry under Section 5A is not already completed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.5319 of 2007 and WVMP.No.1755 are also dismissed. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.01.2008 ES