IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.20235 OF 2009 Between: Purshotham Rao ..... Petitioner AND 1. The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Joint Collector (Land Acquisition) Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2. The Executive Engineer, I/c. (Full Additional Charge), Division No.3 of GVC-IV Rangampalli, Peddapalli. 3. The Administrator cum Chief Engineer, SRSP, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. 4. The Executive Engineer, I & CAD, Peddapalli, Karimnagar District. .... Respondents The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed to direct the respondents herein to consider and dispose off the representation of the petitioner dated 26.08.2009 pertaining to payment of compensation under Land Acquisition Act for the lands of the petitioner in Appannapet Village, Peddapalli Mandal, Karimnagar District and consequently to declare the inaction of the respondents in considering the representation of the respondents dated 26.08.2009 as bad in law and violative of Article 300A of the Constitution of India. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Appropriate decision has to be taken by the first respondent-Land Acquisition Officer in accordance with law. Therefore, the first respondent-Land Acquisition Officer is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner dated 26.08.2009 within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and if the representation is not available in the office of the first respondent, the petitioner is at liberty to file a fresh application and the same shall be disposed of within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt. Therefore, it would suffice, in the interest of justice, to direct the first respondent to take appropriate decision on the representation of the petitioner. 4. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (K.C. BHANU, J) Date: 25th September, 2009 KL