IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.853 of 2009 Between: Durgam Mallamma ..... Petitioner AND The Land Acquisition Officer, Mulugu, Warangal District & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri A. Ravinder Counsel for respondent No.1: GP for Land Acquisition. The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.853 of 2009 ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to direct respondent No.1 to pay compensation in respect of land admeasuring Ac.3.18 guntas in Sy.No.686 of Bhupalpally Village and Mandal, Warangal District or in the alternative refer the dispute to the civil Court under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”). In response to the notice issued by this Court, the Sub-Collector and Land Acquisition Officer, Mulugu, respondent No.1, has filed a counter affidavit, wherein he has inter alia stated as under: “Hence, the Land Acquisition Officer has passed award under Section 11(1) of the Land Acquisition Act on 31.01.2009 in respect of Ac.3.18 guntas in Sy.No.686, which is involved in the present Writ Petition, ordering the entire amount of compensation to be deposited in the civil Court by referring the matter under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act for adjudication of title.” At the hearing, Sri A. Ravinder, learned counsel for the petitioner, stated that having regard to the above reproduced stand taken by respondent No.1, the Writ Petition may be disposed of. The learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition stated that respondent No.1 will refer the dispute to the competent civil Court under Section 30 of the Act, as held out by him in the counter affidavit. The submission of the learned Government Pleader is placed on record and the Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.1070 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 11.04.2011 ES