THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.9165 OF 2008 ORAL ORDER: The lands belonging to the petitioners situated in Pydipalem Village, Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District were acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”) for the purpose of construction of a reservoir under Gandikota Lift Irrigation Project. The material on record shows that the notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published on 21.5.2007, followed by the declaration dated 22.5.2008 under Section 6 of the Act. The only grievance of the petitioners in this writ petition is that the respondents failed to take further steps and the Award enquiry has not been taken up so far. Hence, this writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioners stated that as a matter of fact, in so far as the lands belonging to similarly situated persons are concerned, awards were passed and compensation was also paid. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to proceed with the Award enquiry and pass an Award under Section 11 of the Act following due process of law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. 24.06.2008. Note: Issue CC in one week. (Bo) Kgr IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.9165 of 2008 Between: 1 Rachamallu Yugender Reddy S/o.R.Chinna Byrava Konda Reddy, R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District 2 Rachamallu Bhaskar REddy S/o.R.Krishna Reddy, R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 3 Rachamallu Sudhakar Reddy S/o.R.Narayana Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District 4 Rachamallu Kanthamma W/o.Niranjan Reddy, R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 5 Rachamallu Subhadra W/o.Prasad Reddy, R/oPydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 6 Rachamallu Sridevi W/o. Venkatakonda eddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 7 Rachamallu Kalpana W/o.Byrava Konda Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 8 Rachamallu Lakshmi Narayanamma W/o.Raghunatha Reddy, R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 9 Rachamallu Bayapa Reddy S/o.Somakonda Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 10 Rachamallu Niranjan Reddy S/o.Raghunatha REddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 11 Rachamallu Sivamma W/o.Madhusudhan Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 12 Rachamallu Madhusudhan Reddy S/o.Raghunatha Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 13 Byda Chendrayudu S/o.Jana Subbanna R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 14 Byda Mallikarjuna S/o.Subbanna R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 15 Rachaneni Tirupal Naidu S/o.R.Ramaiah R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 16 Kona Ramulamma W/o.Sreenivasula REddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 17 P.Venkata Krishna Reddy S/o.Chinna Narayana Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 18 Palem Ramulamma w?o.Rama Krishna R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 19 Vummadi Venkatarami Reddy W/o.Thimma Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 20 Nagothu Rama Naidu S/o.Manganna R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District. 21 Ponnathota Lakshmi Devamma W/o.Lakshmi Narayana Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District 22 Napineni savitramma W/o.Gopal Naidu R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 23 Tummalauru Narayana Reddy S/o.Hanumantha Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 24 Ponnathota Chinna Narayana Reddy S/o.Siva Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 25 Ponnathota Vijayamma W/o.Ramachandra Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 26 Sannapureddy Chalama Reddy S/o.Venkatanarayana Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 27 R.Sudarsan Reddy S/o.Ramachandra Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 28 Minikanti Channa Obaiah S/o.Hussain Peera R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 29 Molakala Viswanatha Reddy W/o.Rami Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 30 Gangannapalli Chinna Pakkerapa S/o.Hussainappa R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 31 Palleti Venkata Reddy S/o.Vasudeva Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 32 Palleti Sreenath Reddy S/o.Venkata Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 33 Kanjura Kullayappa S/o.Kullayappa R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 34 Enukonda Narender Babu S/o.Balaraju R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 35 Chennamreddy Narayana Reddy S/o.Bayapi Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 36 Nemmadi Narayana Reddy S/o.Chinnavenkata Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 37 Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy S/o.Narsimha Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 38 Sanapureddy Narasimha Reddy S/o.Rami Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 39 Vummadi Mahendranath REddy S/o.Chinna Venkata Rami Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 40 Vummadi krishna Reddy S/o.Chinna Venkata Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 41 Vummadi Srinivasula Reddy S/o.China Venkata Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 42 Vummadi Chinna Venkata Reddy S/o.Subbi Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 43 Palleti Kamalamma W/o.Venkata Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District 44 R.Prasad Reddy S/o.Siva Sankar Reddy R/o.Pydipalem village Simhadripuram Mandal Kadapa District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary Irrigation and CAD (Projects),Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Special Collector, Land Acquisition GNSS Gandikoga Lift Irrigation Project, Pydipalem Reservoir Kadapa, Kadapa District 3 The Special Deputy Collector (LA), Gandikoga Lift Irrigation Project, Pydipalem Reservoir (Pydipalem) office at Muddanur village & Mandal Kadapa District 4 The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Dept-II Gandikota Lift Irrigation (Pydipalem Reservoir) Pulivendula, Kadapa Dsitrict .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue any appropriate writ order or direction preferably a writ in the nature of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in not issuing the Declaration Under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act by passing an Award for payment of compensation to the petitioners in respect of their properties pursuant to the Notification Ref.No.GNSS/C/661/2007 dated 21.5.2007 of the Special Collector, GNSS, Kadapa under Land Acquisition Act as being illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith pass an award in terms of the Notification Ref.No.GNSS./C/661/2007 dated 21.5.2007 of the Special collector, GNSS,. Kadapa Under Land Acquisition Act and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. Y. VENKATASATYAM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: