1.This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to set aside notification dated 22-1-2004 issued under S.4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short "the 1894 Act") by respondent No. 1 to the extent of Ac. 0.24 cents comprised in Survey No. 289/2 of Vatluru village, Peddapadu Mandal, West Godavari District.

2. The petitioners claimed to be the owners of the above mentioned land as having succeeded to the said property under gift deed dated 8-2-2001 executed by the original owner of the property, by name, Sri Nageswara Rao. In her affidavit, petitioner No. 1 stated that the said Nageswara Rao was the owner of Ac. 4.00 cents of agricultural land having purchased the same in the year 1972 and that he gave away most of the said land to the Andhra Pradesh Housing Board (for short "the Board") in the year 1994 and gifted the remaining land of Ac. 0.24 cents to the petitioners. She stated that the purpose mentioned in the notification, viz., construction of houses by the Board and selling them to general public, cannot be termed as public purpose as no State interest or public interest is involved therein. It is also averred that already sufficient land was given by the origin