IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 19009 of 2008 Between: Yeddula China Venkata Reddy, S/o. Venkata Narayana Reddy, R/o. Talla Proddatur, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Special Collector, GNSS, Kadapa. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Jammalamadugu, Kadapa District. 3 The District Collector, Kadapa District, Kadapa. 4 Yella Rajesh Kumar Reddy, S/o. Venkat Subba Reddy, R/o. Tallaproddatur Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 5 Koppala Gurumurthy, S/o. Gurappa, R/o. Tallaproddatur Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus, declaring as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the constitution of India, the action of the respondents Nos. 1to 3 incorrectly paying compensation to respondent Nos. 4 and 5 in respect of the land admeasuring 0.80 cents in Sy.No. 410/3B situated at Talla Proddatur Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District, which actually belongs to the writ petitioner, which was acquired for the GNSS project pursuant to the Gazette Notiﬁcation No. 721 Kadapa, dated 08- 2-2007 pursuant to the proceedings of the Respondent No. 1 dated 01-2-2007 and it is further consequentially prayed that this Honourable court may be pleased to direct the respondent Nos. 1 top 3 to forthwith pay the compensation to the writ petitioner with interest. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.R.SANKU & KAVITI MURLI KRISNA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following ORDER: The ﬁrst respondent issued a notiﬁcation, dated 01.02.2007, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, proposing to acquire Acs.241.00 of land of Talla Proddatur Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District for Gandikota Project. The land in Survey No.410/3B admeasuring Ac.1.54 cents was also notiﬁed and the petitioner was shown as the pattadar/enjoyer of the said land. The petitioner states that the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, the second respondent herein, paid the compensation to respondents 4 and 5 ignoring his claim and he accordingly, seeks directions to respondents 1 to 3 to pay the compensation to him. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. It is true that the name of the petitioner was shown as pattadar/enjoyer of the land in Survey No.410/3B admeasuring Ac.1.54 cents. It is not known as to whether the petitioner had participated in the enquiry and if so, the nature of his claim. The fact, however, remains that the compensation was paid to respondents 4 and 5. In case the petitioner feels aggrieved that the compensation was wrongly paid to respondents 4 and 5, he has to work out his remedies by ﬁling a suit. Once the compensation was paid by the second respondent, the question of directing him to pay the compensation to the petitioner once again, does not arise. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioner to work out his remedies by ﬁling a suit. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:04.09.2008. kdl