IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE Nos.938 and 939 of 2009 (Contempt Case U/s. 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the Respondents herein for violating, disobeying the Orders of the High Court dated 30.10.2007 and 23.10.2007 in WP Nos.22802 and 18005 of 2007) CONTEMPT CASE No.938 of 2009 Between: S.Rajulu and others ..... PETITIONERS AND K.Nataraju, Land Acquisition Officer .....RESPONDENT CONTEMPT CASE No.939 of 2009 Between: D.Butchiraju ..... PETITIONER AND Nataraj, Land Acquisition Officer .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MS. V.SESHA KUMARI Counsel for the Respondent:GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : COMMON ORDER: These two contempt cases are filed alleging willful disobedience of orders, dated 30.10.2007 and 23.10.2007 passed in Writ Petition Nos.22802 and 18005 of 2007 respectively. By the said orders, this Court directed the respondent to dispose of the applications filed by the petitioners for re-determination of compensation under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. In the counter-affidavits, the respondent stated that he disposed of the petitioners’ applications by re-determining the compensation on 28.02.2009. He also stated that pursuant to the said orders of re- determination, letters were addressed to the competent authority for release of payments. At the hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition submitted that the request of the contemnor for payments is under consideration by the competent authority and that the payments will be made within a period of six (6) weeks. Placing on record the above-mentioned submission of the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, the contempt cases are closed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 13th AUGUST, 2009. kvni