Justice A.Raja Sekhar Reddy of Hyderabad High Court set aside the final declaration made for acquiring lands in Mamidyal village in Siddipet district for Kondapochammasagar.
The judge was partly allowing two writ petitions filed by Praveen Kumar and other 30 farmers. They alleged that without the executive sanction preliminary notification was given. Thus the Section 11 preliminary notification is illegal and liable to be set aside. No Gram Sabha under Section 11(2) of new land acquisition Act was held. The objections filed were not considered and final declaration under Section 19 was given. The judge did not agree with the contention that the preliminary notifications has to be set aside. The judge directed the officers to conduct gram sabha as per Section 11(2) of the Act and then hear the objections as per Section 15(2). Further steps like passing award, payments taking possession, shall be done only after that.
