This writ petition is filed, seeking a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the notification issued in Reference No.G5/148/07, dated 12.04.2007, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and also the declaration issued under Section 6 of the said Act, in proceedings, dated 21.04.2007, issued in Reference No.G5/143/2007, by the 1st respondent-District Collector, as illegal and arbitrary and that the same are issued in violation of the provisions under the A.P. Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006.

2. The petitioner is the owner of agricultural land admeasuring Ac.0.29 cents in Sy.No.269/3 and Ac.0.23 cents in Sy.No.269/4 of Bhimavaram village of Samalkot Mandal in East Godavari District. The Zonal Manager of A.P. Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (APIIC), Kakinada, has submitted a requisition to the District Collector of East Godavari District, vide Letter, dated 5th January 2007, for acquiring the aforesaid land of Ac.0.52 cents covered by Sy.Nos.269/3 and 269/4, situated at Bhimavaram village of Samalkot Mandal, for the purpose of construction of Intake Well and Pump House for supply of Contour to M/s.Rak Ceramics Limited. After