IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 6606 of 2007 Between: 1 V.Janardhan S/o.Sri Venkaiah R/o.MIG-39, Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 2 B.Venugopala Charya S/o.B.s.Charya R/o.MIG-15 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 3 K.Muralidhar S/o.Kistaiah R/o.EWS-1 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 4 SArdar Naik Singh S/o.S.Gulam Singh R/o.MIG-3 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 5 Smt.Shobha D.Nagapurkar W/o.D.K.Nagapurkar Poonnayayee, R/o.LIG-1, Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 6 Sri K.M.Sharma S/o.M.L.Sharma R/o.MIG-8 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 7 G.Sridhar Rao S/o.gopala Rao R/o.MIG-19 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 8 Kaoikota Bhasker S/o.K.Chandramouli R/o.EWS 38 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 9 Md.Arifuddin S/o.Md Naseeruddin R/o.MIG-35 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 10 Ch.Seshagiri S/o.chowdary R/o.EWS 164 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 11 Katta Karunasree W/o.K.Vijaya Kumar R/o.EWS 37 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 12 J.V.Bhuvaneswari W/o.J.Panduranga Rao R/o.EWS 165 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 13 K.Yadaiah S/o.K.Adivaiah R/o.MIG-40 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 14 K.Srinivasa Rao S/o.K.Venkata Rao R/o.EWS-32 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 15 A.Eswari W/o.late Veerabrahmam R/o.LIG-59 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 16 K.Sudharshan S/o.K.Lachayya EWS-31 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 17 G.Sarojini W/o.late Sathaiah EWS-114 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 18 S.K.Hussaini S/o.S.Habeeb MIG-21 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 19 V.Jhansilakshmi W/o.late V.Ramachandra Raju R/o.MIG-37 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 20 Masrath Sulthana W/o.Zawar Hussaini EWS-18 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 21 N.S.Ranga Rao S/o.Rajeswar Rao MIG-36 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 22 G.Venkanna Babu S/o.G.Satyanarayana R/o.EWS 169, Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 23 R.Swaroopa W/o.late R.Ashoki R/o.LIG-52 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 24 Nuzhahara Begum D/o.K.M.Hussain R/o.EWS 47, Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 25 A.Kousalya W/o.Narayana EWS 76 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 26 Rukya Begum W/o.Md.Sadar Baig EWS 11 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 27 Md.Khaleed S/o.Abubekar R/o.EWS 39 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 28 Mohd. Hashan S/o.Sadar R/o.EWS 95 Phase-1, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 29 Gajjala SAtyanarayana Reddy S/o.G.Raja Reddy R/o.LIG 168, Phase-II, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. 30 D.V.N.Acharya S/o.D.B.Charya LIG-172, Phase-II, Shamshabad Huda Colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Project Director and Special Collector, Land Acquisition, Outer Ring Road, Project, HUDA, Hyderabad. 2 Vice-Chairman, HUDA, Hyderabad. 3 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Land acquisition, Outer Ring Road Project, Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: None Counsel for the Respondent No.: Sri Y.Ravinder, Standing Counsel for HUDA The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in issuing Sec. 4(1) and Sec. 6 notifications under Land Acquisition Act, published in Vartha Telugu daily, dt. 15.3.2007 and official Gazette dt. 14.3.2007 respectively to acquire the residential houses/plots of the petitioners and others situated at HUDA colony, Shamshabad, R.R. District as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Article 14 and 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and also principles of natural justice and seeking a direction from the Hon'ble Court to set aside the said notifications pending implementation of the Special Package announced by the Government in respect of the petitioners, in the interest of justice”. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioners. Sri Y.Ravinder, learned Standing Counsel for HUDA, respondent No.1 herein, submitted that after filing of the Writ Petition, the petitioners gave consent for acquisition of their lands, subject to the respondents providing them alternative lands. In view of this statement of the learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.1, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 25-2-2008 MNR