IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 7943 of 1992 Between: 1. Akella Subba Rao. 2. Akella Sitaramarao. 3. Gandham Visweswara Rao. 4. Gandham Suryanarayana Murthy. 5. Bokka Rama Murthy. 6. Smt.Gandham Savitri. 7. Smt.Vasamsetti Subhadramma. (All petitioners are residents of Pasarlapudi Badava Village, Mamidikuduru Mandal, East Godavari District). ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition,ONGC, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 2. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, rep. by the General Manager, ©, Rajahmundry, East 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 a Writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent to refer the dispute regarding higher compensation to the civil Court under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act in respect of the petitioners’ lands in Survey Nos.240, 241 and 242 situated in Pasarlapudi Badava Village, Mamidikuduru Mandalam, East Godavari District for which compensation was awarded by the 1st respondent in his order under ref.No.C 407/91 dated 30-03-1992. Counsel for the Petitioners: None appeared Counsel for the Respondents: MR.KAKARAVENKATA RAO The Court made the following : ORDER: In view of the death of Counsel appearing for the petitioners, notices were sent to the petitioners. Though petitioners Nos.2,3,6, and 7 were served with notices, no steps have been taken to engage another counsel. Petitioners 1 and 4 were unserved with the postal endorsement stating that against the petitioner No.1 ‘addressee died returned to sender’ and against petitioner No.4 ‘no such addressee in the village, hence returned to sender’. In view of the same, nothing survives in the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. ________________ B.PRAKASH RAO, J. Dated 28-10-2004. SKMR To 1. Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition,ONGC, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 2. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, rep. by the General Manager, (C ), Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 3. 2CD copies