HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO. 114501 OF 1998 DATE: 15.03.2007 Between: Kalidindi Nara Simha Raju, S/o Subba Raju and seven others. …Petitioners AND 1. The State of A.P. represented by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and eight others. ….Respondents HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO. 11501 OF 1998 ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondents in paying the compensation to the petitioners under the Land Acquisition Act, for the lands acquired for the purpose of expanding the Vasalitippa drain under Cyclone Emergency Re-construction Project with the aid of the world bank. It is alleged that the land was acquired and the coconut trees standing thereon were cut in the year 1991, however, the respondents failed to pay the compensation. In response to the Rule Nisi ordered, the Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District, filed a counter affidavit on 22.8.1998 stating that the requisition department has deposited the funds before the land acquisition officer on 1.12.1996 and thereafter, the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act was published in the Gazette on 21.7.1998. It is stated that all necessary steps are being taken to complete further proceedings expeditiously and to pass the award fixing the compensation to which the petitioners are entitled. It is stated that necessary steps are also being taken to pay 80% of the compensation to the writ petitioners, which is likely to be finalized within a month. In view of what has been stated in the counter affidavit, no further enquiry is necessary in the writ petition. Accordingly, recording the statement of the respondents in the counter affidavit, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction that the compensation to which the petitioners are entitled to, if not already paid, shall be paid within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. ____________________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 15.03.2007 KA