(Per Hon’ble the Chief Justice Sri Aparesh Kumar Singh)
Sri G.Vidyasagar, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners in W.P.No.19635
of 1994 and 21941 of 1995.
Sri C.Niranjan Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners in W.P.Nos.18444,
22946, 22965, 22966, 22968, 22971, 22973, 22974, 22975 and 22976 of 1994, 720,
1802, 1810, 1814, 2247, 3613, 3614, 5659, 6710, 8783, 10125 and 11808 of 1995.
Sri Tagore Bala, learned counsel for the petitioner in W.P.No.11871 of 1994.
Ms. K.Mamata Choudary, learned counsel for the petitioners in W.P.Nos.4306
and 6700 of 1995.
Sri A.Sudarshan Reddy, learned Advocate General appears for the State.
2. In this bunch of writ petitions, the petitioners have assailed the validity of
Section 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Non-agricultural Land Assessment Act, 1963
(hereinafter referred to as ‘NALA Act’), the validity of the Andhra Pradesh Non-
agricultural Land Assessment (Amendment) Act, No.8 of 1994, with effect from
01.07.1993 and the validity of demand notices issued under Section 4 of the NALA
Act as well as the orders of distraint issued under the NALA Act. In W.P.No.10024
of 1995, the petitioner has sought a declaration that the provisions of NALA Act
are inapplicable to the lands covered under mining lease granted under the Central
Act by striking down the definition of Section 2(j)(i) of the NALA Act.
