THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.5051 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is the owner of land in Sy.No.57/5A of Lokumudi Village, Mandavalli Mandal, Krishna District. The said land, together with the neighbouring land, in Sy.Nos.57/8A, 9A, 10B and 59/3B, was acquired by the Government for a public purpose. Award was passed on 22-07-2009. A notice under Section 12(2) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short ‘the Act’) was issued to the petitioner and others, on 15- 05-2010, informing that the compensation, in respect of the land in Sy.No.57/5A and 59/3B, was deposited in the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Machilipatnam, under Section 31(2) of the Act, and that the owners of the other bits of acquired land can collect the compensation. The petitioner contends that except the notice under Section 12 (2) of the Act, she did not receive notice of other proceedings, and that the award in respect of her property cannot be sustained in law. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The circumstances under which the Land Acquisition Officer referred the matter in respect of the land of the petitioner, under Section 31(2) of the Act are not before this Court. Normally, such a reference is made, if no one comes forward to receive the compensation, or if there exist multiplicity of claims. Since the proceedings under the Act have assumed finality, the petitioner can enter appearance in the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Machilipatnam, and put forward her claim. It shall be open to the petitioner to establish her claim, to receive the compensation, as well as to seek enhancement, under Section 18 of the Act. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue her rights in the reference, which is said to have been made by the Land Acquisition Officer, to the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Machilipatnam. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.07-03-2011. KO