IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13004 of 2007 Between: 1 Srividya Sam Reddy D/o. S. Sudharshan Reddy Presently R/o. USA , Rep. by her Father S. Sudharshan Reddy, S/o. S. Agi Reddy, aged 50 yrs, Occ: Business R/o. H.No.11-13-161, SBI Colony, Dwarakanagar, Hyd. 2 Sri Jitta Veera Reddy S/o. Yetta Reddy R/o.H.No.9-23, Reddy Colony, Champapet, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (ii) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, Rep. by its Vice Chairman, Police Lines, Rasulpura, Secunderabad. 3 Hyderabad Airport Development Authority, Rep. by its Vice Chairman, Tarnka, Hyderabad. 4 The Special Deputy Collector (LA), Unit-I, Outer Ring Road, HUDA, Hyderabad. 5 The Project Director and Special Collector, Outer Ring Road, HUDA Complex, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order or direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, declaring the notification No.C/ORR/534/06 dt.15-4-2006 issued by the 1st Respondent under section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act 1894 and the consequential declarations proceedings No.C/ORR/543/06 dt.28-4-2007 under sections 5-A and 6 of Land Act, 1894, purporting to acquire the petitioners’ lands in Sy.No.238 an extent of Ac 3-10 gts. of the petitioner situated in Srinagar Village, Maheswara Mandal, (Thasil), Ranga Reddy District guaranteed to the petitioners under Article 14 and 300 a of the Constitution and consequently quash the same and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.ANTHONY REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION GP FOR MUN. ADMN.& URBN. DEV. MR. Y. RAVINDRA The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13004 OF 2007 ORDER: Learned counsel on either side fairly conceded that the issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in Gajjela Narasimha Reddy and others v. Collector, Ranga Reddy District and another[1]. Therefore, this writ petition is also liable to be allowed in terms of the said judgment. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned notification is quashed to the extent of the lands belonging to the petitioners. The respondents, however, are not precluded from initiating acquisition proceedings afresh in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 11th February, 2009. IBL [1] 2008 (5) ALD 302