THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.25868 OF 2011 ORDER: Alleging failure on the part of the respondents in not conducting a thorough enquiry, and in not taking action pursuant to the petitioner’s representation dated 16.08.2011 to recover the compensation amount of Rs.7,16,138/-, the present Writ Petition is filed. It is the petitioner’s case that his father was assigned Ac.2-00 of land in Survey No.4/3 and Ac.0-20 guntas of land in Survey No.4/4 of Tettekunta Village of Vemulawada Mandal, Karimnagar District; the said lands were acquired for providing house sites to Mid Manair Reservior project displaced families; and, pursuant to the order of the Land Acquisition Officer dated 30.09.2009, ex gratia of Rs.7,16,138/- was fixed. The petitioner alleges that his elder brother Sri Gaddam Bala Swamy, in collusion with the revenue officials, had played fraud and, claiming to be the sole legal heir of his father, had taken away the entire compensation amount of Rs.7,16,138/- though, as on the date of payment, his father was alive and had died later on 18.01.2011. Pursuant to the directions of this Court the first respondent caused necessary enquiry in the matter by the second respondent who, initially, recovered Rs.3,58,069/- from Sri Gaddam Bala Swamy. In his report submitted to this Court, the first respondent stated that two Tahsildars were involved with Sri Gaddam Bala Swamy in the fraudulent withdrawal of the ex gratia amount. Subsequently, by his report dated 09.12.2011, the first respondent submitted that the entire amount of Rs.7,16,138/- has since been recovered, and disciplinary action has been initiated against the Tahsildar, Siricila, and the earlier Tahsildar, Vemulawada. As the entire fraudulently withdrawn amount has since been recovered, and as disciplinary action has also been initiated against the erring officials, it is but appropriate that the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to initiate appropriate criminal proceedings against those involved in the fraudulent transactions, at the earliest, to ensure that such incidents do not recur in future. Since the entire amount has now been recovered, I see no reason to keep the Writ Petition pending. Leaving it open to the petitioner to avail such other remedies as are available to him in law, the Writ Petition is closed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J December 19, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.25868 OF 2011 December 19, 2011 MD