IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI ANIL R. DAVE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 316 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 21/02/2008 in WP NO : 3084 OF 2008 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1. Jajula Avatharam S/o. Mutyala Rao, R/o. Ramapa Yerrampalem, Gokavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 2. Jajula Gowri Parvathi W/o. Avatharam, R/o. Ramapa Yerrampalem, Gokavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 3. Sangula Yedukondalu S/o. Ramanna, R/o. Gollala Gunta, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari Distirct. 4. Ganti Brahmayya S/o. Suranna, R/o. Gollala Gunta, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 5. Pantham Parvathi, W/o. Venkata Rao, R/o. Veerabhadrapuram, Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District. 6. Doddipatla Veera Venkata Satyanarayana S/o. Ganiraju, R/o Gandhinagaram, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 7. Nimmalapudi Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Sathiraju, R/o. Kondapallivari Veedi, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 8. Chundru Gangaraju, S/o. Satyam, R/o. Kondapallivari Veedi, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 9. Pendyala Seshayya S/o. Subbarao, R/o. Nayyull gudi, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 10. Kalla Suryaprakashrao S/o. Apparao, R/o. Near Andhra Bank, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 11. Vegulla Krishnamurthy S/o. Satyam, R/o. Kondapallivari Veedi, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 12. Putta Veerabhai W/o. Prabhakararao, R/o. Mehernagar, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 13. Yaramati Lakshminarayana S/o. Ramanna, R/o. Dharmagundam, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 14. Yaramati Sree Krishnamurthy S/o. Lakshminarayana, R/o. Dharmagundam, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 15. Nimmalapudi Vinayakarao, S/o. Bhaskararao, R/o. Kondapallivari Veedi, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 16. Mutyala Nagaratnam W/o. Suryanarayana, R/o. Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. 17. Sathi Durgamma W/o. Venkateswara Rao, K.P. Road, Mandapeta Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari Distinct. 18. Grandi Krishnaveni W/o. Late Ammiraju, R/o. Near Andhra Bank, Mandapeta Post & Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND 1 The District Collector, East Godavari District at Kakinada. 2 The Sub Collector/Revenue Divisional Officer, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 3 The Tahsildar, Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: SMT.K.SESHARAJYAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : JUDGMENT Per Anil R. Dave, CJ Being aggrieved by the Judgment delivered in W.P.No. 3084 of 2008 dated 21.2.2008, this appeal has been filed by the persons whose lands were acquired for the purpose of house sites under ‘Rajeev Swagruha Scheme’. Heard the learned Advocates. The main grievance which was ventilated in the petition and which has been ventilated in this appeal also is that the enquiry as contemplated under Section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 has not been conducted. We have perused the Judgment delivered by the learned Single Judge, which clearly reveals that enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act had been made. We have also seen the record pertaining to the case, which was produced by the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. Upon perusal of the record, it is clear that an enquiry was conducted on 31.10.2007 and 7.11.2007. After considering the objections, which had been raised by the land owners, the Collector had passed an order under Section 5-A of the Act after making enquiry. After perusal of the proceedings, we also find that some of the land owners were present when the enquiry was made. For the aforesaid reasons, we do not see any irregularity committed in the acquisition proceedings. We, therefore, do not see any error in the order passed by the learned single Judge declining to interfere with the acquisition proceedings. Hence, the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 24th March, 2008 R. SUBHASH REDDY, J vtv