IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.26448 of 2007 Between: 1 Sathi Satyanarayana Reddy S/o.S.Subbi Reddy R/o. H.I.G. 2932, BHEL, HIG Phase-I, Madhava Nagar, Ramachandrapuram, Hyderabad. 2 P.Ramesh Kumar S/o.P.Venkateswarlu R/o. Main Road, Pamur, Prakasam District. 3 Smt.P.Raja Sri W/o.P.Kameswara Rao R/o. D.No. 1-3/20-5, Near Andhra Bank Four Pillars Center, Vidyadharapuram, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 T.Srikanth S/o.T.Anjaneya Gupta R/o. Railpet, Repalle, Guntur District. 5 Smt.K.Laxmi Satya Roja Rani W/o.K.Amarnath R/o. Vishnavi Jewellers, Sheroff Bazar, Tenali, Guntur District. 6 M.Srinivasa Rao S/o.M.Satyanarayana R/o. Surya Constructions, F-9, Ballad Estates, Tarnaka, Secunderabad. 7 Vijay Kumar S/o.late B.R. Mohan Rao R/o. H.No./2, D Usha Mansion, Officers Colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad. 8 B.Rishika Reddy, D/o.B.Rajnesh Chander Reddy R/o.H.No.8-2-334/N/52, Road No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad- 34, under guardianship of her natural father Sri.Dr.B.Rajnesh Chander Reddy, S/o.B.S.Reddy, 43 Yrs. R/o.H.No.8-2-334/N/52, Rd.No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyd-34. 9 Kum.D.Arpuda Reddy D/o.B.Rajnesh Chander Reddy R/o.H.No.8-2-334/N/52, Road No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad- 34, under guardianship of her natural father Sri.Dr.B.Rajnesh Chander Reddy, S/o.B.S.Reddy, 43 Yrs. R/o.H.No.8-2-334/N/52, Rd.No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyd-34. 10 Dr.B.Rajnesh Chander Reddy S/o.B.S.Reddy R/o.H.No.8-2-334/N/52, Road No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad -34. 11 Gopala Naga Kishor Muddula S/o.M.G.Naga Kishor R/o.Indira Hospital, Gouri Sankar Theatre Road, Kothapeta, Guntur, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Prl. Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, Rep. by its Vice-Chairman, Police Lines, Rasoolpura, Secunderabad. 3 Hyderabad Airport Development Authority, Rep. by its Vice Chairman, Taranaka, Hyderabad. 4 Special Deputy Collector (LA) Unit.I, Outer Ring Road, HUDA, Hyderabad. 5 The Project Director and Special Collector, Outer Ring Road, HUDA Complex, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order declaring the notifications No. C/ORR/536/06 dated 15.4.2006 issued by the 1st respondent under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the consequent proceedings No. C/TS/536/2006 dated 30.12.2006, under Section 5-A and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to the extent of land in an extent of Acs. 15.33 gts in Sy.No. 161 of Srinagar Village, Maheshwaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District out of which the petitioners own Ac.13.33 guntas, as arbitrary, illegal and violative of fundamental rights guaranteed to the petitioners under Article 14 and 300A of the Constitution and consequently quash the same and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.B.VISWANATHA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2, 3 & 5: SRI Y.RAVINDRA SC FOR HUDA Counsel for the Respondent No.4: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel on either side fairly conceded that the issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in Gajjela Narasimha Reddy and others v. Collector, Ranga Reddy District and another[1]. Therefore, this writ petition is also liable to be allowed in terms of the said judgment. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned notifications are quashed to the extent of the lands belonging to the petitioners. The respondents, however, are not precluded from initiating acquisition proceedings afresh in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 04.03.2009 va [1] 2008 (5) ALD 302