IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.1025 of 2005 BETWEEN: Bollapragada Sreeramulu ... PETITIONER AND Government of Andhra Pradesh and others ...RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.1025 OF 2005 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a mandamus declaring the action of respondents in not referring the matter of the petitioners to competent Civil Court for determination of proper amount of compensation under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short, “the Act”) in respect of the property situated at Nadakuduru Village, Karapa Mandal, East Godavari District, acquired by the respondents under Award No.1 of 1997, dated 21.12.1997, passed by the third respondent as illegal and arbitrary. According to the petitioners, the respondents acquired the land of the petitioners for the purpose of construction of Agricultural Market Yard in Nadakuduru Village, Karapa Mandal, East Godavari District, in the year 1995 and thereafter, Award No.1 of 1997, dated 21.12.1997, was passed by the third respondent fixing the compensation for the land of the petitioners at Rs.1,50,000/- per acre. The said Award is not passed as per law, insofar as the compensation is concerned. Therefore, the petitioners filed an application seeking reference of the matter under Section 18 of the Act to the competent civil Court. There is no necessity of going into all the details. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents states that the application filed by the petitioners under Section 18 of the Act has already been considered; the matter has been referred to the competent civil Court under Section 18 of the Act and the same is numbered as O.P.No.117 of 2005 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Kakinada. Therefore, nothing survives in this Writ Petition for further adjudication. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ C.V. RAMULU, J November 18, 2010 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.1025 of 2005 November 18, 2010