HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 1792 of 2008 01.02.2008 Between: Yerramneedi Somaraju … Petitioner AND The Land Acquisition Officer-cum- District Collector, East Godavari District Kakinada & others … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri V. Sai Kumar Counsel for the respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to acquire Ac.0.84 cents of land in Survey No. 186/2 of G. Vemavaram Village, Tallarevu Mandal, East Godavari District without following due process of law as illegal and unconstitutional. Heard Sri V. Sai Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The grievance of the petitioner, as evident from the averments contained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, is that the respondents are seeking to utilize his land for allotment of house sites to weaker sections without initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’). The petitioner claimed to have submitted a representation on 17.01.2008 to respondent No.3, but undeterred by the same, the respondents are seeking to dispossess him. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition says that if the petitioner is the owner of the land as claimed by him and the same is required for any public purpose, the respondents would not deprive him of the said property without initiating proceedings under the provisions of the Act. Thestatement of the lerned Assistant Government Pleaer istaken on record and the writpetition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P. No. 2244 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 01.02.2008 ksld