IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3097 of 2008 Between: 1 Yerneni Bharathi, W/o Y. Kishore Kumar, 2 Nayudu Swapna Kumari W/o N.Radha Krishna Murthy, ..... PETITIONERS AND 1.The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2.The District Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 3.The Sub Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District 4.The Tahsildar, Penamaluru Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the Notification R.C.G4.5663/2007 dt.3.12.2007 published on 7.12.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Acquisition Act and the Declaration in R.C.B2/4228/2007 dated 6.2.2008 issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act by the District Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam, 2nd respondent herein and the R.C.G4/5663/2007 Dt.25.1.2008 issued by the 2nd respondent herein for acquisition of the lands admeasuring Ac.1.18 and 0.54 belonging to the petitioners 1 and 2 herein situated in S.No 91/2(P) of Yenamalakuduru Village, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, null and void, without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 14 and 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and opposed to the very spirit and object of the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act and contrary to the A.P., Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural purposes) Act, 2006 and contrary to the Circular Memo No.10054/L.A.1/2005 dt.22.4.2006 issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in W.P. and upon hearing the arguments of Sri P.RAJAGOPALA RAO, Advocate for the Petitioners and of Asst,.G.P. for L.A. for the Respondents 1 to 4, the Court made the following ORDER Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition takes notice. Since this writ petition is identical to W.P.No.2972 of 2008, put up this case along with the said writ petition on 21-02-2008. In the meantime, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1.The Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2.The District Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 3.The Sub Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District 4.The Tahsildar, Penamaluru Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District (1 to 4 By RPAD) 5.2ccs to Asst.G.P. for Land Acquisition, High Court of A.P.Hyderabad (OUT) 6.1cc to Sri P.Rajagopala Rao, Advocate (OPUC) 7.one spare copy smj HIGH COURT CVNR.J. DATED 15-2-2008 ORDER W.P.NO.3097 OF 2007 DIRECTION Smj Drafted on 16-2-2008 HIGH COURT CVNR.J. DATED 15-2-2008 ORDER W.P.NO.3097 OF 2007 DIRECTION