THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 23139 of 1996 Dated:28.09.2005 Kosuri Subba Rao and others. ..... PETITIONER AND The Secretary ( Irrigation & CAD), Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and others. ....RESPONDENTS O R D E R: The petitioners in this writ petition are questioning the action of the respondents in not paying the compensation to them for acquisition of their lands which were assigned to them. Since the Full Bench of this Court in LAO Inam Revenue Division, Chevalla Division, Domalguda, Hyderabad and others Vs. Mekala Pandu & others1, held that the assignees also are entitled to compensation as per the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act (for short ‘the Act’), petitioners are entitled to compensation as per the Act and so direction shall be issued to the respondents to proceed with under the Act and pay the compensation in respect of the lands acquired from the petitioner, though they are assigned lands. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. __________________________ Justice C.Y.SOMAYAJULU 28th September 2005 BCS