IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 2250 of 2008 Between: Chintalapati Ramalinga Raju S/o.Subba Raju R/o.Chinanindrakolanu Village Chebrolu Mandal, W.G. District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem, Revenue Division, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue order direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declare the action of the respondents in not considering the representation submitted by the petitioner through the Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, K.R.Puram in Roc.No.54 of 2007 dated 28.08.2007 under R R package as illegal arbitrary and consequentially direct the respondents to consider the application filed by the petitioner through Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, K.R.Puram in Roc.No.54 of 2007 dated 28.8.2007 for acquiring the petitioner's land under R & R package and to pass such further order or orders as are necessary in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri P.R.K. Amarendra Kumar Counsel for the Respondents : GP for Social Welfare The Court made the following O R D E R: The writ petitioner appears to have offered his lands to be acquired by the State Government for the purpose of relief and rehabilitation of those who are going to be affected by the Indira Sagar Project at Polavaram. The Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Welfare, K.R.Puram, through his proceedings Roc. No. 54 of 2007 dated 28th August 2007, had requested the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem, West Godavari District to consider this offer and take a decision in the matter as to whether the lands belonging to the writ petitioner should be acquired for the relief and rehabilitation of those who are going to be affected by the aforementioned project. It is only appropriate that the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem should take decision in the matter so that the 1st respondent – District Collector, West Godavari at Eluru can, ultimately, decide as to whether the lands belonging to the writ petitioner need to be acquired for the relief and rehabilitation of those who are going to be affected by the Indira Sagar Project at Polavaram. Let a decision in this regard be taken at the earliest, at any rate on or before 30th June 2008. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of, but however, without costs. ---------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 2nd April 2008 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR}