THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.20228 of 1999 DATED: 17-04-2007 Between:- Mendu Rami Reddy .. Petitioner and District Collector, R.R.District and others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.20228 of 1999 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to pay a compensation of Rs.3,50,000/- to the petitioner for acquiring his lands in an extent of Ac.2-77 gts. in Sy.No.218/1 situated at Anajipur village, Hayathnagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy District. The case of the petitioner is that he is the absolute owner and possessor of the agricultural land in an extent of Ac.2-77 gts. in Sy.No.281/2 situated at Anajipur village, Hayathnagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy District. While so, in the year 1981, his land was proposed to be acquired by the Government for submergence into LF & RF canal of Indiramma Sagar Project. The petitioner alleges that though possession was taken in the year 1981 itself, notification under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short ‘the Act’) was published in the A.P. Gazette in the year 1989. Enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act was dispensed with by invoking urgency clause under Section 17 (4) of the Act and thereafter draft declaration under Section 6 of the Act was issued. The petitioner further complains that neither award enquiry has been conducted nor compensation has been paid to him so far. Hence, this writ petition. The 2nd respondent filed a detailed counter-affidavit wherein it is stated that during the award enquiry, the petitioner and another filed claim petitions and, after holding an enquiry, an award was passed on 23.03.1986, and compensation was also received by the petitioner and another on 23.12.1986. In the light of the said averments made in the counter-affidavit, this Court is of the view that no further orders need be passed in this writ petition and the same is liable to be closed. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 17th April, 2007 IBL