THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.11033 and 11035 of 2007 COMMON ORDER: The District Collector, West Godavari District, published a notification dated 10.05.2007 under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (‘the Act’ for short) proposing to acquire the land to an extent of Acs.7.14 cents in various survey numbers situated at Tenali Village, Tanuku Mandal, West Godavari District, for providing house sites to the poor. The land belongs to the petitioners was included in it. The petitioners feel aggrieved by the notification and challenge the same on several grounds. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. One of the grounds urged by the petitioners is that the respondents did not obtain clearance under the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (Conversion for non-agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006. This Court in R. Veera Raghava Prasad vs. District Collector, Krishna District[1] held that permission is not necessary for acquiring the land under the Act. The other contentions raised by the petitioners can be gone into in the course of enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act. Notification under Section 4(1) of the Act did not direct that enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act is dispensed with. Hence, the Writ Petitions are disposed of leaving it open to the petitioners to urge all their contentions in the enquiry under Section 5- A of the Act. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J 07th June, 2010 GHN [1] 2008(2) ALT 136