IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17797 of 2008 Between: 1 Karnati Konda Reddy S/o.Chinna Venkata Reddy R/o.Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 2 Karnati Jayarami Reddy S/o.Chinna Venkata Reddy R/o.Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 3 Karnati Siva Reddy S/o.Chinna Venkata Reddy R/o.Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 4 Karnati Venkata Narayana Reddy S/o.Chinna Venkata Reddy R/o.Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 5 Chappadi Narasamma W/o.Subba Reddy R/o.Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Special Collector, G.N.S.S., Kadapa Collec-rate Building, Kadapa District. 2 The Special Deputy Collector/ L.A.O., G.N.S.S., Kadapa Muddanur, Kadapa District. 3 B.Raghava Reddy S/o.B.Nagi Reddy Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 4 B.Obula Reddy S/o.B.Nagi Reddy Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 5 B.Vanajakshi W/o.Sambasiva Reddy Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. 6 B.Sivamma W/o.Obula Reddy Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2: AGP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in seeking to proceed with passing of award in favour of respondent Nos.3 to 6 in respect of land admeasuring Acs.15.50 cents in Survey No.54 (Pymashi Nos.130, 131 and 132) of Muchumarri Village, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri K.Rathangapani Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition and perused the record. From the averments contained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it is evident that the petitioners claim their right over the land admeasuring Acs.10.50 cents out of Acs.15.50 cents in the above mentioned survey number; that the entire land admeasuring Acs.15.50 cents was proposed for acquisition by notifications, dated 29.06.2007 and 30.06.2007 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) for the purpose of Galeru Nagiri Srujala Sravanthi Project and that though the petitioners made representations to respondent Nos.1 and 2 to pass award in their favour in respect of land admeasuring Acs.10.50 cents, they are seeking to proceed with the passing of award in favour of respondent Nos.3 to 6. Under Section 11 read with Section 30 of the Act, it is incumbent upon the Land Acquisition Officer to consider the claims of all the persons interested in the land under acquisition. If the Land Acquisition Officer is satisfied that there is a bona fide dispute regarding the persons, who are entitled to receive compensation, he is bound to refer the dispute to the competent civil Court. Conversely, if on the basis of the material produced by the parties, he comes to a conclusion that the compensation is payable to one or more persons, he can pass an award to that effect. In view of this statutory obligation cast on respondent No.2, I have no reason to believe that he would ignore the claims of the petitioners before passing an award. It is, therefore, needless to observe that respondent No.2 shall consider the claims of the petitioners in respect of land admeasuring Acs.10.50 cents before passing the award. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.23134 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 14th AUGUST, 2008. Note: issue copy by Monday. B/o kvni