IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 10042 of 2009 Between: Darla Ramulu, S/o. Venkata Swamy, R/o. Narlavaram Village, Velerupadu Mandal, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Land Acquisition Officer cum Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition Indira Sagar Project, Paloncha Unit-2, Paloncha, Khammam District. 2 The Tahsildar, Velerupadu Mandal, Khammam District. 3 The District Collector-Cum-Land Acquistion Officer, Khammam, Khammam District. 4 Darla Rajulu, S/o. Venakta Swamy, R/o. Narlavaram Village, Velerupadu Mandal, Khammam 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 will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not paying the compensation to the petitioner herein in respect of the land in Sy.No. 6 an extent of Ac. 2-00 of Narlavaram Village, Velerupadu Mandal, Khammam District covered under 4 (1) Notification No. 162/2008 dt. 20-10-2008 published in Andhra Prabha Daily Paper dt. 31-10-2008 and trying to pay the compensation in favour of the respondent No.4 herein is illegal and void and opposed to Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently to direct the 1st respondent to pay the compensation to the petitioner herein in respect of land in Sy.No. 6 an extent of Ac. 2-00 of Narlavaram Village, Velerupadu Mandal, Khammam District. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : Order: Questioning the action of the 1st respondent in not paying the compensation to him for the lands acquired in an extent of Ac.2.00 situated in Sy.No.6 of Narlavaram Village, Velerupadu Mandal, Khammam District vide the notification under Section 4(1) of the Act dated 20.10.2008, the present writ petition is filed by the petitioner. The case of the petitioner is that he is the owner of the land in question for which the revenue authorities also issued pattadar pass books and title deeds in his favour. The Government has acquired the said land for the purpose of Polavaram Dam. His grievance is that even though his name appears in the notification under Section 4(1) of the Act, the 1st respondent is trying to pay the compensation in respect of the said land in favour of the 4th respondent herein without even conducting any enquiry as to who is the owner of the said land at the instance of the local leaders. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. This Court while issuing notice before admission on 13.5.2009, directed the respondents not to disburse the amounts in pursuance of the award, if any passed in furtherance of the impugned notification. Today, when the matter is taken up, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition submitted that the land acquisition proceedings are in PV stage and Award is not yet passed and that if the petitioner makes any representation putting forth his case, the authorities will consider the same before disbursing the compensation amount. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the petitioner is directed to file his objections in the award enquiry, which shall be considered by the authorities before disbursing the compensation. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.25.6.2009 msv