THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM Writ Petition No.19379 of 2006 Dated: 20th September, 2006 Between: B.Suresh and others. …..PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. ….RESPONDENTS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No.19379 of 2006 ORAL ORDER: Petitioners, 112 in number claim to be owners of small extents of property/plots in Tellapur Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, Medak district. They claim to have purchased those plots from the Industrial Employees Cooperative House Building Society during the year 1982-84 and some of them from members of the aforesaid society on resale. They assail the notification dated 22-2-2006 issued under section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (the Act) proposing acquisition of their plots for a stated public purpose viz., formation of a township. Urgency clause under section 17 (4) of the Act has not been invoked and enquiry under Section 5 (A) is scheduled. Petitioners have already been issued notices calling upon them to lodge their objections to the acquisition proposals and scheduling the enquiry under section 5 (A) of the Act. The petitioners state to have lodged their objections and thereafter have filed this writ petition assailing the notification issued under section 4 (1) of the Act. The petitioners complaint as urged at the admission hearing by the learned counsel for petitioners is that notwithstanding their objections to the acquisition submitted in the enquiry conducted under section 5-A of the Act, the decision of the 2nd respondent, who is delegated the powers of the appropriate Government under Section 3 (a) of the Act, is not furnished to the petitioners. Sri T.Niranjan Reddy, the learned counsel for the respondents 3 and 4 states that the 4th respondent had conducted enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act on 26-4-2006 and 12-5-2006 and considered the objections lodged by the landowners. The 4th respondent has sent up his proposals/recommendations to the 2nd respondent, the competent authority under section 5-A (2) of the Act who was delegated the powers of the appropriate Government, to consider and dispose of the objections. It is also submitted on behalf of the respondents 3 and 4 that the 2nd respondent has not yet taken decision as to the further course of action pursuant to the draft notification under Section 4 (1). Heard the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition for respondents 1 and 2 and Sri T. Niranjan Reddy for respondents 3 and 4 and the learned counsel for the petitioner. In the circumstances above, the challenge to the validity of the notification dated 22-2-2006 issued under Section 4 (1) of the Act need not be considered in this writ petition as the matter is still under consideration of the 2nd respondent. The writ petition is disposed of directing the 2nd respondent to convey/communicate his decision under section 5-A (2) of the Act to each of the petitioners other land owners, by registered post acknowledgement due so as to enable them to pursue further remedies in case they are aggrieved by any decision taken by the 2nd respondent acting as the appropriate Government. Till the communication of the decision under Section 5-A (2) of the Act by the 2nd respondent to the petitioners, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed. No costs. _____________________ (GODA RAGHURAM,J) Date:20th September, 2006. GRK