In this Writ Petition, the petitioners question the land acquisition proceedings initiated by the respondents, vide: notification dated 25-10-2005 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short "the Act") to the extent of the lands in their respective occupation in Survey Nos.76, 77,78,79/2,80/2 and 85/2 of Rangapur village, Bibinagar Mandai, Nalgonda District, by seeking issuance of a Writ of Mandamus.

2. An extent of AC.730.06 guntas comprised in various survey numbers, including the above survey numbers, of Rangapur village was donated by Sri Chaturgiri Jee of Rangapur village, Bibinagar Mandai to Bhoodana Yagna Samithi on 8-2-1952. The said land got vested in the Government as Kharij Khata under Rule 8 of the Sri Acharya Vinobha Bhave Sarvodaya Bhoodana Yagna, Hyderabad Land Revenue Special Rules of 1951 (for short the 1951 Rules"). The Bhoodana Yagna Samithi distributed Ac.495.12 guntas of land to the landless poor farmers. The pre-existing rights and the Shinkmidari certificates issued to the occupants of the said lands got extinguished by application of the provisions of the 1951 Rules. The families of some of the petitioners, who were evidently i