IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 22152 of 2008 Between: 1 B.Venkateswar Rao, S/oMallaiah, Reddipalem(V) Enumamula,Warangal(M) District 2 A.Govinda Reddy, S/o.Peddi Reddy Reddipalem(V) Enumamula,Warangal(M) District 3 A.Venkat Reddy, S/o.Peddi Reddy Reddipalem(V) Enumamula,Warangal(M) District 4 A.Pullaiah, S/o.Rajaiah, Reddipalem(V) Enumamula,Warangal(M) District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Land Acquisition Officer Revenue Divisional Officer,Warangal District 2 The Agricultural Market Committee Waragan,Rep.by its Secretary Warangal,Warangal 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 more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not passing the award U/S.28-A of the Land Acquisition act by re- determing the amount of compensation payable to the petitioners on the basis of the amount awarded by the Civil court in O.P No.43 of 1990 dt 16-12-1998 of the ﬁle of the Court of the principal Senior Civil Judge, Warangal for the acquired lands beloging to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and violative of fundamental rights guranteed under the constitution of India and constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents 1and 2 pass award/U/Sec-28-A(2) of the Land Acquisition act and pay the compensation to the petitioners fof the lands acquired for the purpose of establishment of the 2nd respondent's market yard. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following ORDER: The lands of the petitioners were acquired by the respondents for establishment of a Market Committee. Award was passed in the year 1989. Some of the land owners sought reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) and the same was taken up as O.P.No.43 of 1990 by the Court of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Warangal. Through a decree, dated 16.12.1998, the compensation was enhanced. The petitioners have submitted applications under Section 28- A of the Act with a prayer to re-determine the compensation in respect of their lands. Subsequently, A.S.No.1355 of 1999 ﬁled against the order in O.P.No.43 of 1990 is also said to have been disposed of. The grievance of the petitioners is that the ﬁrst respondent is not concluding the proceedings, though several years have elapsed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. To prove that the applications ﬁled by them under Section 28-A of the Act have been taken into account, and have been acted upon by the ﬁrst respondent, the petitioners have ﬁled a copy of the notice, dated 27.08.2008. The ﬁrst respondent ﬁxed the date of hearing as 11.09.2008. In view of the fact that large number of persons are involved in the exercise, the proceedings would naturally take quite some time. However, having regard to the fact that the award is of the year 1989 and the order of the civil Court is of the year 1998, it is better that the proceedings are given a quietus, at the earliest. Any undue delay would cause extra burden to the exchequer also, in the form of interest and other statutory benefits. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the ﬁrst respondent shall conclude the exercise of re- determination of compensation in respect of the lands of the petitioners, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:14.10.2008. kdl