THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.30674 of 2011 Dated 21st November, 2011 Between: Nanda Kishore Lunani and others …Petitioners And Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Ms.Vladimeer Khatoon For Sri N.V.Anantha Krishna Counsel for respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in taking decision on the compensation payable to the petitioners in respect of the lands proposed to be acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) as illegal and arbitrary. The grievance of the petitioners is that after rejection of their objections in the enquiry held under Section 5-A of the Act, they have requested the Negotiation Committee, which was constituted for exploring the possibility of a consent award, to agree for payment of compensation of Rs.60,00,000/- per acre and that no decision has been taken thereon till now. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition representing the respondents, on instructions, submitted that the Negotiation Committee has not acceded to the petitioners’ request for ﬁxing Rs.60,00,000/- per acre as compensation and that in view of failure of reaching consensus, the respondents have decided to pass an award under Section 11(1) of the Act. Since, in principle, the petitioners are not objecting to acquisition of the land and the negotiations between them and the respondents have evidently failed in reaching a consensus, the only option left with the respondents is to pass an award under Section 11(1) of the Act. Respondent No.3 is accordingly directed to pass an award under Section 11(1) of the Act within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If the petitioners feel aggrieved by the inadequacy of compensation, they shall be free to approach respondent No.3 under Section 18 of the Act for reference of the dispute to the competent civil Court. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.38031 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 21st November, 2011 VGB