HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18450 of 2006 Date : 19.10.2010 Between : Bysani Venkata Satyanarayana & another. …..Petitioners And The District Collector, Prakasam District & others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18450 of 2006 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioners seek directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in not releasing an amount of Rs.38,80,410/- towards part payment of compensation for the lands acquired from them. It is the case of the petitioners that they were the joint owners of lands covered by Sy.Nos.191/1, 2, 3, 192, 182, 183, 151/1 to 5, 152, 154 and 91, admeasuring about 82 acres, situated at Gottipadiya village of Markapuram Mandal in Prakasam District. The said lands were acquired for the purpose of construction of Velugonda project by initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act. For part of the above said lands, awards were passed and in view of the rival claims and title disputes with regard to the aforesaid acquired lands, matters were referred to the Sub-Court, Markapur, by depositing the said amount into Court, by way of cheques. In this writ petition, it is the case of the petitioners that as much as the award is passed only to the extent of Ac.39.59 cents, as such, there is no reason for withholding the amounts awarded for the aforesaid lands. When the matter is already referred to the Court under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, unless the rights of the parties are determined, no directions can be granted as prayed for in this writ petition. For the aforeasaid reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. However, it is made clear that if any claim petitions are filed before the reference Court, the same shall be disposed of without being influenced by any of the observations made in this order. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 19th October 2010 ajr