THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2647 of 2008 Date: 12.02.2008 Between: Gunapu Veera Raghavamma … Petitioner AND Land Acquisition Officer, Visakhapatnam … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2647 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside notice, dated 19.11.2007 issued under Section 12(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), whereunder the respondent is seeking to pay compensation in respect of land of an extent of Ac.2.01 cents instead of Ac.2.14 cents comprised in R.S.No.266/2 of Kathipudi Village, Sankavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. Heard Sri Ch.Dhanamjaya, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The only grievance of the petitioner as reflected in her affidavit filed in support of the writ petition and as argued by the learned counsel for the petitioner at the time of hearing is that though an extent of Ac.2.14 cents of land is acquired by the respondent, in the impugned notice, the respondent has offered to pay compensation only in respect of Ac.2.01 cents of land. The petitioner claimed that she caused a legal notice, dated 01.01.2008, served on the respondent, wherein while claiming that the total extent of land acquired by the respondent is Ac.2.14 cents, award was passed only for Ac.2.01 cents and that he may refer the dispute to civil Court under Section 18 of the Act for determining the extent of the land and the market value. Under Section 18 of the Act, the respondent shall refer the disputes mentioned therein including the disputes relating to the measurements of the acquired land and the market value for determination by the Court, if a request to that effect is made by the land owners within the time stipulated under Section 18(2) of the Act. In view of availability of the said remedy, this Court need not go into the issue as to what exactly is the extent of the land of the petitioner that was acquired. Since the petitioner already made a request to the respondent to refer the dispute in respect of the above two aspects namely, to determine the extent and the market value, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If the respondent is satisfied that the application is filed within the time stipulated under Section 18(2) of the Act, he shall refer the disputes to the competent civil Court. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.3412 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 12th FEBRUARY, 2008 Note: issue copy in one (1) week. B/o kvni