IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NOs: 98, 103, 104, 106, 107 and 377 of 2008 WRIT PETITION NOs: 98 of 2008: Between: Yerru Ramana Reddy and three others. ….Petititioners. And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Command Area Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad and four others. ..... Respondents. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. P.SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: AGP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: These Writ Petitions are filed for a Writ of Mandamus to set aside Notifications dated 20-12-2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”); direct the respondents to issue a fresh notifications duly including the house properties of the petitioners with measurements and their names in terms of the requisition prepared by the Engineering Department of Somasila Project; and take steps for payment of compensation therefor. Heard Sri P.Sridhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The only grievance of the petitioners is that though repeated notifications are issued by the respondents, the last of which are impugned in these Writ Petitions, the respondents have deliberately omitted the names and some of the structures owned by the petitioners from the notifications. The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Unit-I, Telugu Ganga Project, Kadapa, filed counter- affidavits, in which he pleaded as under: “Para 11. …It is a fact that 4th respondent has submitted a list of structures measured and another list of structures as pr the claims of the petitioners. The genuinity and ownership of all the claims covered by Writ Petitions and the particulars given by the 4th respondent will be enquired before publishing fresh 4(1) and Draft Declaration passing appropriate orders duly giving opportunity to the Writ Petitioners as per the directions of the Hon’ble High Court in W.P.No.17965/07 Dt.26-11-07. Hence the Hon’ble High Court may permit the respondents to withdraw the 4(1) Notification approved by the 2nd respondent vide his Progs.No.A1/1356/07 Dt.20-12- 07”. In view of the above-reproduced statement contained in the counter-affidavits, wherein a request is made to permit the respondents to withdraw Notifications issued under Section 4(1) of the Act, the request of the respondents is accepted. Respondents are directed to withdraw Notifications dated 20-12-2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Act. They shall issue fresh Notifications by including the names and properties of the petitioners in accordance with the list of structures submitted by respondent No.4 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, these Writ Petitions are disposed of. ----------------------------------- - C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 26-2-2008 MNR