IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20326 of 2008 Between: Kotichintala Radha Krishna S/o. Purushotham, R/o. Ramannapet, ( Village & Mandal), Nalgonda ( District ). ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Land Acquisition Officer ( Sub-Collector), Bhongir, Nalgonda ( District ). 2 The South Central Railway, Represented by its General Manager, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, A.P. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of " Writ of Mandamus " directing the respondent 1 & 2 herein to deposit the entire compensation amount due to the credit of E.P.No. 12 of 2005 in O.P.No. 21 of 1986 on the ﬁle of the Senior Civil Judge, At Bhongir, Nalgonda ( District ) and pass such further order or orders as this Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20326 of 2008 ORDER: The lands of the petitioner were acquired for the purpose of laying a railway line, way back in the year 1979. Award was passed on 11.02.1981. At the instance of the petitioner, the matter was referred to the Civil Court for enhancement of compensation. O.P.No.21 of 1986 was disposed of on 30.08.2000, enhancing the compensation. A.S.No.3847 of 2000 ﬁled by the petitioner and others was also disposed of by this Court on 28.02.2003. The S.L.P. ﬁled against the judgment of this Court was dismissed on 27.10.2003. After the determination of the compensation became ﬁnal, the petitioner ﬁled E.P.No.12 of 2005 before the trial Court. His grievance is that the respondents have not deposited the balance of compensation, so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition and the learned Standing Counsel for Railways. The compensation awarded to the petitioner was enhanced partly by the trial Court and partly by this Court in the respective proceedings. The proceedings assumed ﬁnality in the year 2003. Whatever may have been the justiﬁcation for the respondents in not depositing the enhanced amount, till the S.L.P. was disposed of, there cannot be any basis for them in not depositing it, for such a long time. It is not as if there is any dispute or uncertainty. Further, the delay would cause burden to the exchequer also, in the form of interest on compensation as well as solatium. Under these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to deposit the balance of the compensation, within two (2) months from today. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 23.10.2008 Note: Issue C.C. in three days. (B/o) JSU ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20326 of 2008 Date: 23.10.2008 JSU