THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 21013 OF 2008 O R D E R: The husband of the 1st petitioner owned an extent of Acs.23-37 gts. of land in Sy.Nos.479 and 480 of Parpally village of Kothapalli Mandal, Adilabad District. The land is said to have been utilized by the government, way back in the year 1982, for public purpose. After initiation and conclusion of proceedings before this court and the court of Subordinate Judge, Asifabad, a Notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short “the Act”) was published on 30.12.2007, proposing to acquire Acs.17-24 gts. of land. It is stated that when no compensation was paid, at that stage, the petitioners had approached this court, by ﬁling W.P.No.17533 of 2008, and in pursuance of a direction issued therein, 80% of the tentative compensation was paid. The grievance of the petitioners is that neither any notiﬁcation is issued for the balance of the land, nor the award enquiry is completed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. After several rounds of litigation initiated by the petitioners and their predecessors in title, the respondents have ultimately published a notiﬁcation dated 30.12.2007, under Section 4(1) of the Act, in respect of the lands mentioned above. Though the claim was made in respect of Acs.23-27 gts, the notiﬁcation is conﬁned to Ac.17-24 gts. The grievance of the petitioners, in this regard, cannot be addressed to, in this writ petition. In the award enquiry, the petitioners can, not only put forward their contentions, in respect of the market value of the acquired land, but also the land excluded from the purview of acquisition. Even if their grievance is not redressed, at this stage, they can enforce their rights, by seeking reference under Section 18 of the Act. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer shall take into account, the claim put forward by the petitioners, be it as to the market value, or the extent, while passing the award. It is made clear that it shall be open to the petitioners, to canvas their rights vis-à-vis the award under the relevant provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. There shall be no order as to cost. ______________________ 25th September 2008 PAN