IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 3451 of 2008 Between: Ganta Suvarna Kishore Kiran Kumar S/o. Late Imanual Bhaskar Rao R/o.D.No. 18-67/1, Club Road, Yellamanchalli Town & Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Tahsildar, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhaptnam District. 2 The Special Deputy Collector (L.A.) Indirasagar Project of Polavaram, Yellamanchalli Post, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.E.V.BHAGIRATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 3451 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in paying compensation in respect of Ac.2.40 cents of land comprised in Sy.No.369/5 of Rajala Agraharam, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri E.V. Bhagiratha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The case of the petitioner is that his mother was assigned an extent of Ac.2.40 cents of land in Sy.No.369/5 of Rajala Agraharam and that on 26.06.1977 she was granted pattadar passbook and title deed. The petitioner claims that his mother died on 12.11.2004 and later on himself and his brother G.P.S.R. Praveen Kumar had been cultivating the said pattaland, that the said land was taken over by the respondents for the purpose of East Coast Naval Alternate Upgrading Base along with other lands in the year 2006. The further case of the petitioner is that on 17.09.2007 he and his brother were given notice on the claims made by them for payment of exgratia compensation in respect of the abovementioned land, that respondent No.1 by notice dated 17.09.2007 directed them to appear along with the relevant records on 22.09.2007 before him and that they have accordingly appeared and made their claim with reference to the documents. The grievance of the petitioner is that despite lapse of substantial time, no compensation has yet been paid to him and his brother. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner drew my attention to the statement prepared with the title “Already enquired and proposals prepared for payment of exgratia” said to have been prepared by respondent No.1 and the said statement contains the name of the mother of the petitioner at Sl.No.3. In the light of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is disposed of. The respondents are directed to pass orders on the entitlement of the petitioner and his brother to receive exgratia compensation in respect of the abovementioned land within a period of four weeks from today. In the event, it is found that the petitioner and his brother are not entitled to exgratia compensation the respondents shall pass a reasoned award and communicate the same to the petitioner. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition in the manner indicated above, WPMP.No.4489 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 21.02.2008 ES To 1.2CCs 2.2CD copies