THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.20153 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner claims to be the owner of Acs.2.85 cents in survey No.261/1 and Ac.0.52 cents in survey No.275/3 of Gubagundam Village, Allagadda Mandal, Kurnool District. His grievance is that the Tahsildar, Allagadda Mandal, visited the village and insisted on parting with the land as house site. The petitioner states that he objected to it, but the 1st respondent has obtained his signatures on certain papers. In this Writ Petition, he prays for a declaration to the effect that the action of the respondents in trying to dispossess him from the land, referred to above, without following the due process of law, is illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner asserts that no proceedings were initiated under the Land Acquisition Act , 1894 (for short ‘the Act’). The 2nd respondent filed a detailed counter-affidavit. It is stated that a notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published in the gazette on 12.10.2007, proposing to acquire the land of the petitioner, for house site. Enquiry under Section 5-A is said to have conducted and the draft declaration under Section 6 of the Act, was published on 26.11.2007 in the gazette. It is stated that the award enquiry is also completed and the amount of compensation is deposited into the Court. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The petitioner is under the impression that no proceedings were initiated in respect of his land. The record, however, discloses that the notification under Section 4(1) and declaration under Section 6 of the Act were published in the gazette. It appears that the proceedings have progressed to a substantial extent. If the petitioner feels aggrieved by the acquisition proceedings, he has to separately challenge them. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioner to question the proceedings initiated under the Act, vis-à-vis the land, if he is so advised. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.26.04.2010. GJ