IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17848 of 2004 Between: 1 Nara Laxminarasaiah S/o Venkataiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 2 Nara Mallaiah S/o Peda Sammaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 3 Nara Narasaiah S/o Peda Sammaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 4 Allu Masthan Reddy S/o Venkat Reddy R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 5 Jogu Laxmaiah S/o Muthaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 6 Jogu Yerraiah S/o Muthaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 7 Jogu Narsaiah S/o Muthaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 8 Jogu Kanthaiah S/o Chandraiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 9 Jogisetti Venkateswarlu S/o Venkataiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 10 Chintha Pullaiah S/o Subbaiah Naidu R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 11 Kalleboina Komuraiah S/o Iylaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 12 Bommanaboina Iylaiah S/o Lingaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 13 Chintha Venkatesham S/o Subbaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 14 Ananthula Rajaram S/o Nagasambaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 15 Ananthula Hari Babu S/o Nagasambaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 16 Ananthula Krishnarjun S/o Naga Sambaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 17 Ananthula Satyanarayana S/o naga Sambaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 18 Ananthula Sreenivas S/o Naga Sambaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 19 Ananthula Subbalaxmi W/o naga Sambaiah R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 20 Ananthula Naga Veeraiah S/o Manikyam R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District 21 Ananthula Sree Ram Murthy S/o Manikyam R/o Padmoor & Borenarsapur Village, of Warangal District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Warangal 2 The Land Acquisition Officer, (Sub Collector) Mulugu, Warangal District ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to pass an order or direction or Writ under Article 226 of the constitution of India, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not referring cases of the petitioners to the Court of law for fixation of fair and equitable compensation of the lands acquired from them as per their representation dated 5-10-1991 as bad illegal, arbitrary, unjust and against the provisions of the Act and Rule and consequently direct the respondents to refer the cases of the petitioners to the Court of Law for fixation of fair and equitable compensation amount for the lands acquired from them. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.C.DAMODAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17848 OF 2004 ORDER: This writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in not referring the cases of the petitioners to the Civil Court, under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short ‘the L.A. Act’), for determination of fair and equitable compensation payable to them for the lands acquired from them. There is no necessity of going into all the details. It is suffice to notice that in the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, at paragraph 4, it is stated that all the petitioners have not filed petitions under Section 18 of the L.A. Act, but only 17 petitioners have filed such petitions and that necessary action for referring the said petitions to the Civil Court will be taken basing on the orders of this Court in the present writ petition. In view of the above and in the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondents are directed to consider referring the cases of the eligible petitioners to the competent Civil Court for adjudication, under Section 18 of the L.A. Act, and take necessary action within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 23rd June, 2009. IBL