THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.23954 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner claims to be the owner of an extent of Ac.63.04 guntas of land in various survey numbers of Peddakunta Village, Thiryani Mandal, Adilabad District. The land is notiﬁed for acquisition for the beneﬁt of Singareni Collieries. The grievance of the petitioner is that he is not being paid even the provisional compensation under Section 17(3-A) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short ‘the Act’) and that steps are being taken to pay the compensation to a third party. The matter was adjourned on previous occasion, to enable the learned Government Pleader to obtain instructions. Today, it is represented that several claims are forthcoming for payment of compensation for the land referred to above and in that view of the matter, it has been decided to refer the same to a civil court under Section 30 of the Act. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. It is no doubt true that Section 17(3-A) of the Act provides for payment of provisional compensation. That, however, would be possible, only when there is no dispute as to ownership or entitlement to be paid compensation. When several claims are forthcoming, even the provisional compensation cannot be paid to a particular individual. The entire compensation, as determined in the award, needs to be deposited in the Court and the matter needs to be referred to a civil Court, as proposed by the respondents. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the matter in relation to the payment of compensation, for the lands referred to above and that are acquired by the respondents, shall be referred to a civil court under Section 30 of the Act, duly following the prescribed procedure. It shall be open to the petitioner and other interested parties to put forward their claims before the civil court. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 14.11.2008 JSU THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.23954 of 2008 Date: 14.11.2008 JSU