THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7633 of 2002 Dated:13.02.2008 Between: Surabhi Venkata Papa Rao. …Petitioner and Land Acquisition Officer (RDO), Karimnagar. …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7633 of 2002 ORDER: The petitioner’s land admeasuring Acs.3.00 in Survey No.144 of Katrapalli Village of Huzurabad Mandal in Karimnagar District, was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (the Act, for brevity), for providing house sites to the persons belonging to weaker sections. The respondent passed Award on 31.10.2001. The petitioner alleges that the compensation of Rs.16,250/- per acre does not reflect the true market value, and that the respondent did not give any notice of Award to him or his Counsel. Therefore, he made a representation to the respondent on 12.02.2002 seeking reference under Section 18 of the Act. After considering the same, by memo dated 19.02.2002, the respondent rejected the request for reference informing that the time seeking for reference expired on 10.02.2002. Therefore, the present Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondent to make a reference. A counter affidavit is filed opposing the Writ Petition on the ground that the period of two months under Section 18(2)(b) of the Act expired on 10.02.2002, and therefore, the application filed by the petitioner is beyond limitation. This Court has heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. As held by a Full Bench of this Court in Special Deputy Collector, L.A.Unit v. D.Ramulu[1], the period of limitation prescribed under Section 18 of the Act read with Section 12(2) of the Act cannot be extended nor curtailed by the Court. There is no denial that the period of two months for seeking reference expired on 10.02.2002 and the representation given by the petitioner on 12.02.2002 is barred by limitation. The Writ Petition does not merit any consideration, and the same is accordingly dismissed. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 13.02.2008 vs [1] 2000 (2) ALT 83 (FB)