IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5681 of 2001 Between: Debbati Nagaiah and another. … Petitioners And The Land Acquisition Officer & the RDO., Mancherial, Adilabad District and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri J.Ashvini Kumar Counsel for respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition for R.1. None for R.2. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not granting additional market value at 12% per annum from 1-6-1984 to 11-6-1989, as illegal and arbitrary. In the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by the General Manager of respondent No.2, which is the beneﬁciary of the acquisition, it is stated that at the instance of the petitioners, who did not accept the compensation ﬁxed by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer, respondent No.1 herein, the dispute was referred to the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Asifabad and the same was registered as O.P.No.67 of 2001. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners is not able to report on the stage of the said O.P., as to whether the same was disposed of or is pending. Be that as it may, since the petitioners have already availed their remedy under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, there is no need to adjudicate the dispute raised in this Writ Petition, on merits. Therefore, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to pursue the remedy already availed by them. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP Nos.7254 of 2001 and 29 of 2002 are dismissed as infructuous. ------------------------------ ---------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:06-08-2008 MNR