IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 12173 of 2009 Between: 1 Avirneni Rama Krishna S/o.A.Rama Koteswara Rao R/o.Velagalaru village,G.Konduru Mandal Krishna District 2 Avirneni Srinivas S/o.A.Rama Koteswara RAo rep.by GPA Holder Mr.A. Rama Koteswara Rao R/o.Velagalaru village, G.Konduru Mandal, Krishna District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Special Deputy Collector (LA), Indira nagar,(Polavaram proje Unit-3,Door No.30-22-39,. Eluru Road Vijayawada-520002,Krishna District 2 The District Collector, Krishna District, at Machilipatnam 3 The Divisional Forest officer, Krishna Division VIjayawada, Krishna District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue any writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus to declare the action of the 1st respondents in not passing the award for payment of compensation even after joint inspection conducted and estimation of values were given by the 3rd respondent vide Ref.No.3510/2005-V4 dated 27.2.2009 on the request made by the 1st respondent vide Ref.No.C.33/2008 dated 25.2.2009 is as illegal, arbitrary, delayed tactics, mala fide, against the principles of natural justice and contrary to SEc.23 of Land Acquisition Act by consequentially directing the 1st and 2nd respondents to forthwith pass award and pay compensation without further delay as per the values submitted by the 3rd respondent dated 27.2.2009 to the petitioners for the land acquired in Sy.No.80/1 of Velagaleru village,G.Konduru mandal, Krishna District to an extent ofAc.6.05. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.U.M.V.PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : O R D E R:- The assertion of the petitioners is that they are absolute owners and possessors of an extent of Ac.3.03 cents and Ac.3.02 cents of land respectively in Sy.No.80/1 situated in Velagaleru village, G.Konduru Mandal, Krishna District having purchased them under separate registered sale deeds. While so, the 1st respondent issued Notification dated 23.02.2008 proposing to acquire the petitioners’ lands for the purpose of Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Project Right Canal, and subsequently, a joint inspection was conducted and estimated values were given by the 3rd respondent to the 1st respondent and their lands were acquired. Now, it is their grievance that though their lands were acquired, respondent Nos.1 and 2 have neither passed any award nor paid any compensation to the petitioners as per the values submitted by the 3rd respondent. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2 and the learned Government Pleader for Forest appearing for the 3rd respondent. The learned Government Pleader has produced before this Court the written instructions received by fax from the Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition), which are extracted hereunder: “Land acquisition in Krishna District of Velagaleru village, G.Konduru Mandal. Writ Petition No.12173 of 2009 filed by Sri Avirneni Rama Krishna and Avirneni Srinivas in R.S.No.80/1 on 22.06.2009. Land already acquired and general award passed and submitted to the Special Collector (L.A.), Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Project, Rajahmundry along with Forest Department report for approval. Soon after the receipt of the approval by the Special Collector (L.A.), Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Project, Rajahmundry, the payment will be made to the awardees.” From the above instructions, it is clear that already an award was passed indicating that compensation would be paid to the petitioners soon after the receipt of approval from the Special Collector (Land Acquisition), Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Project, Rajahmundry. In view of the instructions received from the Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition), Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Project, Rajahmundry, this Court is inclined to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “The 1st respondent-Government is directed to pay compensation to the petitioners as proposed by the Special Collector (Land Acquisition), Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Project, Rajahmundry, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 23rd June, 2009 bcj