The petitioners, 10 in number, claim title and possession in respect of different extents of lands situated in Sy.Nos.300/1, 300/3, 318/11, 322/1, 641/2B, 679/4A, 679/4B, 684/2, 684/4, 684/5B, 711/1B and 711/3B of Nunna Village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District. This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the notification dated 9.2.2009 issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’) as well as the declaration dated 4.9.2009 made under Section 6 for acquisition of the lands of the petitioners for a public purpose namely formation of Bypass Road to Nunna village from Km 10.600 to Km 16.000 of Vijayawada – Nuzvid road as arbitrary, illegal and violative of the Zonal Development Plan and Master Plan prepared by Vijayawada-Guntur-Tenali-Mangalagiri Urban Development Authority (for short, ‘VGTM UDA’) under A.P. Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975 (for short, ‘Urban Areas Development Act’).

The facts, which are not in dispute, are as under:

The Government of A.P. vide G.O.Ms.No.695, dated 9.11.1977 issued under Section 13

(1) of the Urban Areas Development Act notified VGTM Urban Area. Pursuant thereto, VGTM UDA prepared Ma