THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.14980 of 2006 Dated:17.03.2011 Between: Smt. Gundam Mallamma and others .. Petitioners And The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented By its Mandal Revenue Officer, Mandamarri, Adilabad District and others .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.14980 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioners – 47 in number, are from Mandamarri Village in Adilabad District. Allegedly they were assigned small extents of land totaling to Acs.143.00 comprised in Survey Nos.120, 127, 128 and 129 of the said village. The fourth respondent appears to have taken possession of the land for the purpose of depillaring operations of mines in 5A, KK II, SMG III and KK II A, without acquiring the land and without initiating the procedure under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (the Act). The petitioners requested the respondents for payment of compensation under the Act. It appears, the Mandal Revenue Officer, Mandamarri Village, addressed a letter to the fourth respondent in this regard, in vain. Therefore, they filed the instant writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to initiate proceedings under the Act. The counsel for the petitioner submits that the notification under Section 4(1) of the Act has since been issued vide RC.G2/4082/2010, dated 24.09.2010, proposing to acquire the land admeasuring Acs.119.00. He further submits that the assigned lands of some of the petitioners were resumed by the Government in accordance with the G.O.Ms.No.1307, dated 23.12.1993. Subsequently, the Mandal Revenue Officer, Mandamarri, addressed a letter being Rc.No.A/2702/2009, dated .12.2010 to the Chief General Manager of the fourth respondent, to release an amount of Rs.2,67,29,228/- towards the market value, solatium, additional market value and interest. These facts are not disputed by the Government Pleader or the Standing Counsel for the fourth respondent. As the respondents have initiated proceedings for acquiring the land wherever it is patta land and already issued proceedings for resuming the assigned land, the writ petition is disposed of that the acquisition proceedings may be completed and compensation be paid as early as possible. Insofar as the assigned lands are concerned, by reason of the judgment of the Larger Bench of this Court in Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division, Domalaguda, Hyderabad v. Mekala Pandu[1], it is held that the assignees, whose lands are resumed, are also entitled to compensation on par with the patta lands as per the provisions of the Act. This judgment is under appeal before the Supreme Court and therefore subject to the outcome of the judgment of the Supreme Court, be it observed that the assignees will also be entitled for the compensation in accordance with the principles laid down in the Act. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 17.03.2011 KH [1] 2004 (2) ALD 451 (L.B.)