IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24789 of 2008 Between: ..... PETITIONER(S) AND .....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 Counsel for the Petitioner: KOTHAPALLI RAM MOHAN CHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners ﬁled this writ petition aggrieved by the action of the respondents in proposing to acquire their land in spite of their representation, without issuing any notice and without following the procedure laid down under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’) as arbitrary and illegal. It is stated in the aﬃdavit ﬁled in support of the writ petition that the 1st petitioner is the owner of Ac.1.40 cents of land in Survey No. 197-7C2 and the 2nd petitioner is the owner of Acs.3.67 cents in Survey No. 228-6E and Acs.1.40 cents in Survey No. 197-7C1 in Upparpalli Grampolam, Anantapur Rural Mandal, Anantapur District and are in possession of the same by cultivating the lands. It is the case of the petitioners that they submitted a representation to the respondents on 05-11-2008 not to acquire or allot the land in question without issuing any notice to them on the ground that the said land is not suitable for house sites as it is far away from the village. The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents without considering the same and under the political inﬂuence of the local leaders are trying to acquire the said land for the purpose of allotting the same as house sites to the beneficiaries under Indiramma Scheme. Today when the matter is taken up for admission, on instructions learned Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that as on today no notiﬁcation has been issued for acquisition of the land of the petitioners and even if the respondents intend to acquire the same, they will issue notice and follow the procedure contemplated under the Act. In the circumstances recording the above submission, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the subject matter of the land unless and until the same is acquired after following due process of law. N.V. RAMANA, J 13-11-2008 ks/msv Note: Furnish CC in two days. B/O ks