IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23994 of 2002 Between: Boda Rajaiah. … Petitioner And The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition (LAO), S.R.S.P., Warangal. … Respondent Counsel for the petitioners: Sri M.M.M.Srinivasa Rao Counsel for respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not referring the dispute to civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act,1894 (for short “the Act”), as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Admittedly, Award was passed under Section 11 of the Act on 5-12-1988. The petitioner came to know about the passing of the said Award through a counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by the respondent in Writ Petition No.265 of 1996 ﬁled by the petitioner, which was disposed of on 17-7-1996. The petitioner has not requested the respondent either to supply a copy of the Award or refer the dispute to civil Court immediately on his coming to know about the fact of passing of the Award. On 17-5-1999 the petitioner received the Award amount under protest and on 24-9-1999 he submitted his application under Section 18 of the Act for reference of the matter to civil Court. From the abovementioned admitted facts it is clear that the petitioner had constructive notice of the Award and its contents at least on 17-5-1999 when he received the Award amount under protest. In view of the same and following the dicta laid down by a Full Bench of this Court i n Special Deputy Collector, Singareni Colleries Co., Ltd., Godavarikhani Vs. Dasari Ramulu and others1) it is to be held that the application ﬁled by the petitioner under Section 18 of the Act is beyond the period of two months prescribed under proviso (b) to Section 18(2) of the Act. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. --------------------------------------- - C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:07-08-2008 MNR 1) 2000 (2) ALD 418