IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22946 of 2002 Between: Vijja Sammaiah & others. … Petitioners AND The Singareni Collieries Co., Ltd., Rep., by its Managing Director, Kothagudem, Khammam Dist., & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri R. Kameswara Rao Counsel for respondent No.1: Smt. V. Uma Devi Counsel for respondents 2to4: AGP for Land Acquisition This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22946 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to declare that the petitioners are entitled for compensation for the lands taken over by the Singareni Collieries Company Limited under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’) and to direct the respondents to pay compensation in respect of the lands of the petitioners taken over by respondent No.1. At the hearing, it is represented by the learned counsel for the respondents and agreed by Sri R. Kameswara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners that the issue raised in this writ petition is covered by order dated 02.07.2007 in WP.No.6204 of 2000, wherein this Court directed the respondents to pay lump sum exgratia to the petitioners therein in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1307 dated 23.12.1993 and that in the event of Supreme Court upholding the ratio laid down in LAO-cum-Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Chevella Division, Domalaguda, Hyderabad vs. Mekala Pandu[1] the Government shall ﬁx compensation under the provisions of the Act and pay the same after giving credit to the amount, which would be paid in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1307 dated 23.12.1993. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the said order with the direction that the reasons and directions contained therein shall form part of this order. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 19.08.2008 ES [1] 2004 (2) ALD 451 (LB)