THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO: 9338 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent to pass Award for the acquired lands belonging to the petitioner situated in Sy.Nos.64/1 and 64/2 of Kattamanchi, Chittoor Town, and to pay compensation as determined and deposited by the Requisition Department i.e., the National Highways Authority, fixing the compensation at Rs.2110/- per square yard on square yard basis as per the P.V. Statement submitted by the Tahsildar, Chittoor Town, by declaring the inaction on the part of the respondents in not passing the Award by treating the acquired land as house site and fixing the compensation as deposited by the Requisition Department as illegal and arbitrary. It is stated that the petitioner is the owner of the land admeasuring Ac.1.35 cents in S.Nos.64/1 and 64/2 of Kattamanchi, Chittoor town, in which a house site lay out is existing. The land is surrounded by Chittoor – Tirupathi old road on the North, Kattamanchi on South, Chittoor – Tirupati present road on the West and others land on the East. According to the petitioner, even before the land was acquired, a survey was conducted and a report was also submitted by the Tahsildar, and on the basis of the same, the Requisition Authority fixed the compensation at Rs.2110/- per square yard and deposited the entire amount @ Rs.2110/- per sq. yard in the year 2005. The grievance of the petitioner is that now the Land Acquisition Officer is fixing the compensation of the land at acreage basis instead of square yard basis, which is arbitrary and illegal. There is no necessity of going into all the details at this stage. It is not for this Court to direct the Land Acquisition Officer to fix certain market value for the lands acquired. When the Requisition Authority has deposited the amount on square yard basis, it is for the Land Acquisition Officer to take all the circumstances into consideration and fix the market value as per law. Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the Land Acquisition Officer to take all the objections put forth by the petitioner including the documents, if any, furnished by him into consideration, and pass award as per law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ________________ (C.V. RAMULU, J.) 9th June, 2010 Note: C.C. by one week (B/o) Js.