The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.31984 of 2011 Date: 05-12-2011 Between: Kalluri Mallikharjuna Rao and 2 others ..... Petitioners AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Revenue, (Land Acquisition) Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad and 2 others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Mr.D.V.Madhusudhan Rao Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Land Acquisition The Court made the following : Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to direct the respondents to deposit the entire compensation amount payable to the petitioners to the credit of O.P.No.158 of 1984, on the file of the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge, Eluru. I have heard Sri D.V.Madhusudhan Rao, learned Counsel for the petitioners, and perused the record. The land belonging to the petitioners was acquired for providing house sites to the persons belonging to backward castes. As the petitioners were not satisfied with the quantum of compensation, the dispute raised by them, in that regard, was referred to the Court of the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge, Eluru, and the same was registered as O.P.No.158 of 1984 and disposed of through award and decree, dated 21-04-1997, enhancing the compensation to Rs.20,000/- per acre as against Rs.15,000/- per acre fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer. The petitioner averred that claimant No.1 in the said OP has filed E.P.No.109 of 2002 and that the same is pending. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that no EP has been filed by the petitioners herein. Prima facie, the claim of the petitioners for recovery of the amount under OP.No.158 of 1984 appears to be barred by limitation as the EP for execution of a decree is required to be filed within 12 years of such decree. If the petitioners have allowed the period of limitation to expire, they cannot invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court for enforceability of a liability, which is barred by limitation. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed, however, with liberty to the petitioners to approach the civil Court, if the limitation for filing Execution Petition has not expired as yet. As a sequel, WPMP.No.39707 of 2011, filed by the petitioners for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 5th December, 2011 LUR