THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT APPEAL No:826 OF 2001 Dated: 24.12.2010 Between: M. Ramanamma ..Petitioner And 1. Government of A.P., rep., by its Secretary, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents This Court made the following THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT APPEAL No:826 OF 2001 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This writ appeal is directed against the order dated 6.4.2001 passed by the learned single Judge dismissing W.P.No.6227 of 2000 upholding the memo issued by the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Hyderabad, dated 29.3.2000, whereby the Commissioner directed the Collector/Special Collectors in the State to follow the instructions scrupulously with regard to awarding of additional amount at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of publication of notification under Section 4(1) to the date of award made under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act,1894, as per the guidelines of this Court in the judgment reported in AIR 1997(6) ALT 508 (DB), wherein it was stated that in the cases where advance possession of land is taken prior to the date of publication of notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act and award is passed on a subsequent date, the additional amount of 12% p.a. as stipulated under section 23-1A has to be awarded from the date of publication of notification under section 4 (1) of the Act to the date of award made under section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act. Heard. Perused the material available on record. In a case of this nature, the apex Court in Gurpreet Singh Vs. Union of India[1], clarified that date of taking possession shall be taken into consideration as held by it earlier in Siddappa Vasappa Kuri Vs. Spl. Land Acquisition Officer[2]. In view of the above decision of the apex Court, We do not find any reason to interfere with the order of the learned single Judge. Accordingly, the writ appeal is dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ Justice A. Gopal Reddy ________________________ Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Dated: 24.12.2010 Nn. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT APPAL No:826 OF 2001 (Order delivered by the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) 24.12.2010 [1] (2006) 8 SCC 457 [2] (2002) 1 SCC 142