IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO W.P. No. 26400 OF 2005 Date: 19.12.2005 BETWEEN: Karanam Appalaswamy Naidu …. PETITIONER And 1. The Special Deputy Collector (L.A.), A.P.I.I.C., Visakhapatnam, and another. …. RESPONDENTS HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No. 26400 OF 2005 ORDER: The petitioner purchased land to an extent of Acs.0.40 and Acs.0.20 in S.No.96 (patta No.3007) of Lemarthi Agraharam, Anakapalle Taluk, under a registered sale deed. Alleging that the said land was acquired for establishment of Pharma City by A.P. Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, but compensation was not paid, the petitioner got issued a notice to respondents through his lawyer, in vain. Therefore, he filed the present writ petition seeking a Writ of Mandamus inter alia directing the respondents to pay compensation to him. After obtaining necessary instructions in the matter, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Land Acquisition) submits that the land in S.No.96 is Government land, and therefore, the petitioner is not entitled for any compensation. However, it is submitted by the learned Assistant Government Pleader that the land in S.No.94/19 admeasuring Acs.0.15 and the land in S.No.94/20 admeasuring Acs.0.19 was acquired under Award No.42 of 1993 dated 6.11.1993 for public purpose; that the said land was shown to be in the name of the petitioner, and that no claimant was come forward to receive the compensation amount Rs.59,645/-, and therefore, the amount was deposited in the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Anakapalli. The learned Assistant Government Pleader denies that the petitioner owns land in S.No.96 and submits that the petitioner can approach the Civil Court and claim the compensation. The petitioner has already approached the respondents through his lawyer, who issued a notice on 12.9.2005. Therefore, the petitioner is given liberty to approach the respondents, whereupon the first respondent shall pass necessary orders on the representation submitted by the petitioner through his lawyer, within a period of five weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition, with the above observations, is accordingly disposed of at the admission stage. ______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J.) 19th December, 2005 Js.