ALLADI KUPPUSWAMI, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners are brothers. They have filed this writ petition praying for the issue of a Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, to quash the notification D/- 5-12-1977 acquiring a land of an extent of Ac. 11-20 cents in Survey No. 765 in the village of Peddagopathi, Khammam Taluq Khammam District, under S. 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act as amended by the Nagarjunasagar Project (Acquisition of Land) Act (Act XXXII of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as "nagarjunasagar Act" ). The petitioners case is that these lands belonged to their family but were partitioned between the members of the family. The petitioners are personally cultivating the lands. The lands held by each of the petitioners along with other lands owned by them are within the ceiling limit prescribed under the provisions of the Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act (Act 1 of 1973 ). The Nagarjunasagar Act provided for acquisition of land for any purpose connected with the Narajunasagar Project. The acquisition is to be made in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act subject to certain modifications. One of the modifications made to the Land Acquisition Act i

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