IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24943 of 1995 Between: 1. Vegi Appanna S/o Ramaiah, 70 years; 2. Surisetti Apparao S/o Kannayya, 50 years; 3. Pentakota Apparao S/o Seetharamulu, 51 years; 4. Budha Apparao S/o Appalanaidu, 38 years; 5. Doddi Nooka Raju W/o Appalanaidu, 40 years; 6. Kandregula Suryanarayana S/o Narasayya, 55 years; 7. Adari Sanyasamma W/o Suryanarayana, 50 years. (All are residents of Munagapaka village, Munagapaka Mandal, Vizag District. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Land Acquisition Officer and Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction, directing the respondent to make reference to competent civil court to determine the amount of compensation payable to the petitioners in respect of the land covered by the Award No.1/95 dt. 20-2-1995 on the file of Revenue Divisional Officer and Land Acquisition Officer, Visakhapatnam. For the Petitioner:MR.T.NIRANJAN REDDY, Advocate Counsel for the Respondent: G.P.for Land Acquisition. The Court made the following : ORDER It is represented by the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition that pursuant to the order dt. 4-6-1996 passed by this court; the matter was referred to the Civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. As papers were misplaced, again the same were substituted and on such substitution, the civil Court accepted the reference in OP No.53/2003 and the same is pending on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Anakapalli. In view of the same, no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _________________ A.GOPAL REDDY,J Dt. 4-11-2004 kmr To 1. The Land Acquisition Officer and Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam 2. CCs to the G.P. for Land Acquisition, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 3. 2CD copies.