DISTRICT COLLECTOR WEST GODAVARI DIS.&OR vs S.PICHAPPAN . — C.A. No. 3634/2012

Case Summary: District Collector West Godavari v. S. Pichappan (C.A. 3634/2012) The District Collector appealed a High Court order invalidating a land acquisition notification for 14.56 acres in West Godavari for constructing a compost yard. The Collector had invoked urgency to dispense with the mandatory Section 5A inquiry under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Supreme Court declared the urgency clause ineffective but disposed of the appeal, directing the Collector to conduct the Section 5A inquiry (which had since been initiated on August 28, 2009) and complete it within three months. The respondent landowners agreed to withdraw pending contempt proceedings. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.