( 1 ) FEELING aggrieved by the notification issued under Section 4 (1) of Land acquisition Act, 1894 (the Act, for brevity), the three petitioners filed the instant writ petition seeking invalidation of the impugned notification. By the notification dated 18. 11. 2005, the District Collector, East godavari District proposed to acquire the land admeasuring Acs. 3. 05 in survey nos. 218/3, 218/4 and 219/2 situated at ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district. The land was sought to be acquired for establishment of compost yard to Ramachandrapuram Municipality. The said notification under Section 4 (1) of the act was followed by a declaration under section 6 (1) of the Act, which was published on 23. 11. 2005. Both these notifications are assailed in this writ petition. Be it noted while issuing notification under Section 6 (1) of the Act, the first respondent dispensed with enquiry under Section 5a of the Act.

( 2 ) THE petitioners claim that the land in survey Nos. 218/3 and 218/4 originally belonged to the father-in-law of the second petitioner, who executed a Will on 10. 7. 1999 bequeathing property in favour of five children of petitioners 1 and 2, who are in possession of the p

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