HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO WRIT PETITION No.27445 OF 2007 ORDER: This writ petition was filed challenging the inaction of the respondents in completing the enquiry and fixing the compensation to the petitioners for the land included in the reserve forest to an extent of 786 acres in survey No.30 (old) of Seetanagar Village, Gudur Mandal, Warangal District. 2. The Forest Block Gudur-I was notified under Section 7 of the Hyderabad Forest Act vide G.O.Ms.No.844, dated 18.09.1354 Fasli and the said notification was published in the Hyderabad Gazette on 10.10.1354 Fasli. A Proclamation of notification under Section 10 of the Hyderabad Forest Act was issued by the then Forest Settlement Officer, Hyderabad, inviting claims and objections. In response to the same, one Md.Azeez, S/o. Dawood, has submitted his claim before the first respondent, but it was rejected by him on 15.11.1355 Fasli. The petitioners filed a claim before the Joint Collector and Forest Settlement Officer, Warangal and the same was also rejected vide Memo No.5039/90, dated 13.01.1992. 3. Subsequently, the petitioners filed W.P.No.22676 of 1995, challenging the orders of rejection of their claim and this Court passed orders directing the first respondent to decide the claim of the petitioners. In pursuance of the said orders, the first respondent passed orders in Proceedings No.DM/5039/90, dated 10.10.1997 directing the second respondent to come up with the proposals either for earmarking any alternative land on the fringes of boundary line of the Forest Block or compensation for 424.21 acres or for cash compensation in lieu of patta lands of the petitioners. Challenging the said order of first respondent, the second respondent filed C.M.A.No.44 of 1997 in the District Court, Warangal. The said appeal was partly allowed on 30.04.1999 and the matter was remitted to the first respondent for fresh disposal. 4. The said orders of the District Judge, Warangal in C.M.A.No.44 of 1997, dated 30.04.1999, were challenged by the petitioners in C.R.P.No.2863 of 1999 and the same was allowed on 22.11.2000 directing the first respondent to proceed with the enquiry for assessing the compensation for 786 acres of land included in the Forest Block Gudur-I irrespective of the fact whether the Forest Department was in actual possession or not. It was also ordered to allow not less than 6% of interest per annum from the date of notification i.e., 16.07.1945. Challenging the said orders in C.R.P.No.2863 of 1999, the second respondent filed a Special Leave Petition No.10343 of 2001 and the same was dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 13.07.2001. Thus, the orders in C.R.P.No.2863 of 1999 dated 22.11.2000 have become final. 5. Later on, an Award was passed for an amount of Rs.4,91,560/- in lieu of patta lands of the petitioners included in the Forest Block Gudur-I vide proceedings No.DM/5039/90 dated 03.03.2002 and it has been paid to four persons. Challenging the orders, dated 03.03.2002, a regular appeal was filed under Section 13 of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967 in C.M.A.No.87 of 2003 before the District Court, Warangal. The said appeal was allowed on 16.02.2004 by setting aside the order of the first respondent dated 03.03.2002 and directing him to give an opportunity to the claimants to adduce evidence about the value of the land and the second respondent was also given liberty to adduce evidence about the value of the land and the forest produce. 6. It appears that the claimants filed C.R.P.No.2736 of 2004 in this Court for the applicability of the Land Acquisition Act in assessing the compensation and the same was partly allowed on 10.03.2005 granting liberty to both the parties to adduce evidence and raise the contentions with regard to the application of the Land Acquisition Act in view of Section 12 of Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967. The second respondent in the above CRP was directed to dispose of the case within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of that order. It appears that subsequently notices of hearing were given in 2005, 2006 and 2007 to both the parties to adduce evidence, but they have not produced any documentary evidence in support of their claim of rate of land/tree growth till date. In those circumstances, the case was held up and the present writ petition was filed challenging the inaction of the first respondent. 7. In the circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the pending claim of the petitioners within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order as already directed in C.R.P.No.2736 of 2004 dated 10.03.2005 and the petitioners and the second respondent were directed to cooperate in disposal of the case. 8. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any in this writ petition, shall stand closed. ______________________________ A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO, J Date: 29.01.2014 TJMR