THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3048 of 2008 Date: 15.02.2008 Between: Mittapalli Ram Reddy and others … Petitioners AND The Land Acquisition Officer cum Special Deputy Collector, Karimnagar and another … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3048 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to direct respondent No.1 to consider the claim of the petitioners by permitting them to participate in the award enquiry and pay compensation in respect of land admeasuring Ac.22.26 cents comprised in Survey Nos.270 and 271 of Undeda Village, Velgatur Mandal, Karimnagar District. The petitioners claim that they are the absolute owners of the property, which is described above, apart from holding Section 38-E certificate under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 and that the said property is notified for acquisition. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they filed their claims on 11.02.2008 before respondent No.1, so far they have not received any notices and they apprehend that respondent No.1 may settle the compensation in favour of third parties. Heard Sri L.Prabhakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. In the manner, in which, I dispose of this writ petition, no notice need be issued to third parties. As noted supra, the only grievance of the petitioners is that respondent No.1 is not allowing them to participate in the award enquiry. Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) envisages that after giving public notice and personal notice required under Section 9 of the Act to the persons interested, the Collector shall enquire into the objections, which any person has stated pursuant to such notice, and make an award. The scope of Section 11 of the Act is, therefore, wide. It would envisage consideration of objections filed not only by the persons, who received personal notices under Section 9 of the Act, but also the persons, who respond to the public notice and file their objections. It is, therefore, incumbent upon respondent No.1 to entertain the objections filed by the petitioners and give them an opportunity to participate in the award enquiry. Therefore, without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to consider objections, dated 11-02-2008 filed by the petitioners and hear the parties in person before passing the award. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15th FEBRUARY, 2008 Note: issue operative portion by ‘wire’ at party’s costs. B/o kvni