JAGANNADHA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an appeal against the Judgment of the learned single Judge dismissing the writ petition.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case are as follows: A notification under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the act ) was published in the West Godavari District Gazette on 25-4-1987. In the said notification it was stated that the lands were required for providing house-sites to Schedule Castes and Back-ward Classes. According to the respondents authorities, local publication of the substance of the said notification was made on 27-4-1987. It is not in dispute that the notification was also published in the local newspapers as provided under Section 4 (1) of the act, as amended by Act 68 of 1984, on 15-6-1987. The writ petition itself was filed on 22-6-1987. It was stated that the writ petitioners (appellants) are small farmers and that there was no publication of the substance of section 4 (1) notification in the locality either by beat of tom-tom or otherwise. The appellants further averred that the President of the Panchayat had given a letter to the respondents stating that he did not receive the copy of the Gazette publication a

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