ALLADI KUPPUSWAMI, J.

( 1 ) BY a notification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act dated 21- 7- 1978 which was published in the Gazette on 17- 8- 1978 Lands in survey Nos. 5 to 9, 11 and 12 of varying extents in Shaipur village Tandur Taluk, \rangareddy District were acquired for a public purpose viz. , for providing house- sites to scheduled castes Backward class, scheduled Tribes and other landless workers, By the same notification, it was directed that in view of the urgency of the case, the provisions of section 5- A of the Act will not apply to the case. The petitioner in writ petition No, 2762 of 1979 is the owner of 5 acres, guntas in Survey No. 6, which according to him has been wrongly shown as 5 acres 3 guntas in the notification. He is also the owner of Survey Nos. 9/a, 9aa/, 9/c, 9/cc of an extent of 2 acres, 20 guntas. He filed the writ petition praying for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents not to proceed with the acquisition of the lands belonging to him. The petitioner in writ petition No. 2868 of 1979 is the owner of 12 acres, 20 guntas in survey No. 6 and 14 acres, 5 guntas in survey no. 7 He also prays that a write-off mandamus may b

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