THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11952 of 2008 ORDER: An extent of Ac.9.02 guntas of land of the petitioner in Alampur Village and Mandal, Mahabub Nagar District was acquired in the year 1974 for the purpose of Srisailam Project. A notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short ‘the Act’) was published on 30.05.1974. Award was passed on 15.11.1979. Not being satisﬁed with the award, the petitioner sought for reference under Section 18 of the Act. On a reference being made, the matter was taken up as O.P.No.169 of 1987 by the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Gadwal. Through a decree, dated 31.01.1992, the trial Court enhanced the compensation to Rs.8,60,690/-. A.S.No.2065 of 1996 ﬁled by the Government before this Court was dismissed on 04.06.2001 and S.L.P.No.1527 of 2003 ﬁled before the Supreme Court was dismissed on 17.02.2003. The grievance of the petitioner is that the balance of compensation was not paid, though attachment was ordered in the E.P. On behalf of the respondents, a counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled. The facts mentioned above are admitted. In addition to that, it is stated that the petitioner ﬁled W.P.No.17389 of 1999 for realization of the decretal amount and in pursuance of the directions issued therein, they have deposited a sum of Rs.14,99,364/-. According to them, the balance is Rs.6,11,613/- as on 12.06.2003. It is stated that proposals have been submitted by the 2nd respondent and the same are in process. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The issue relating to the compensation payable to the petitioner for the lands acquired from him has assumed ﬁnality way back on 17.02.2003. There cannot be any justiﬁcation for not paying the balance of compensation for the past ﬁve and half years. Apart from constituting failure on the part of the respondents to discharge their statutory obligations, the delay has, in fact, costed a lot to the exchequer, in the form of obligation to pay interest. The matter cannot brook any further delay. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the respondents to pay the balance of the decretal amount in O.P.No.169 of 1987 on the ﬁle of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Gadwal, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 10.11.2008 JSU THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11952 of 2008 Date: 10.11.2008 JSU