HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4342 of 2008 Date : 12.12.2011 Between : Kolla Simhachalam & others. …..Petitioners And The District Collelctor & the District Magistrate, East Godavari District & another. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4342 of 2008 ORDER : This writ petition is filed with a prayer which reads as under : “to issue a writ or order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the notification issued by the 1st respondent in Ref.G2/5698/2007, dated 12.09.2007 and the consequential proceedings in Ref.G2/5698/2007, dated 11.01.2008 of the 1st respondent and Draft Declaration in Ref.G2/5698/2007, dated 06.02.2008 of the 2nd respondent as highly illegal, arbitrary, unjust, improper and against to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Rules and the administrative instructions made thereunder and consequently set aside the same.” When the matter is taken up, it is submitted by the learned counsel for petitioners that with regard to the very same impugned order and the very same declaration issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, another writ petition was filed before this Court in W.P.No.21661 of 2007 and batch, and the said writ petitions were allowed in part, by an order dated 11th October 2007. Even the learned Government Pleader admits the same. Following the aforesaid judgment, and for the reasons recorded therein, this writ petition is allowed in part, and the order, dated 11th January 2008 and the further declaration issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act on 06.02.2008, issued by the respondents in Proceedings No.G2/5698/2007, are set aside. Respondents are directed to consider the objections of petitioners afresh and pass appropriate orders giving detailed reasons. It is needless to observe that the petitioners are entitled to an opportunity of personal hearing during the inquiry to be conducted by the respondents. The writ petition is allowed in part, with the directions referred above. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 12th December 2011 ajr