THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No.9424 of 2005 ORDER: The petitioners filed the present writ petition aggrieved by the action of the respondent in not referring the matter to the competent civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, pursuant to the application, dated 29.05.1998. This Court issued Rule nisi long back on 26.04.2005. But, so far no counter affidavit has been filed. Hence, this Court directed the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondent to produce the relevant record. Today, when the matter is taken up for consideration, the learned Assistant Government Pleader has produced the record and on instructions, submitted that the application made by the petitioners seeking reference to the civil Court is within time and the respondent would refer the matter to competent civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 within three months, for which course of action, the learned counsel for the petitioners has expressed no objection. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent, namely, the Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer, Nandyal, Kurnool District, to refer the matter to the competent civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:23.03.2010 VGB